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PRONOUNS 107
e-ne is really nothing but ni strengthened by reduplication and .
reduced by loss of thefirst n; it conseq uently appears even for the singular
in e-ne-ir ~ ' for him " SBP. 312, 14'.
bi forms its indefinite plural in the ordinary way, bi-ne, only as
suffix possessive in wnun-bine, 'their lord', sib-bine, 'their shepherd',
SBP. 210, 15 f.
Ordinarily the demonstrative is placed after the adjective attributes
which follow a noun, as essad azag,qal-bi, 'the sacred tax-collector',
Gud. Cyl. B. 15, 1. See also K. 5135 rev. 19.'
§ 160. The possessive' suffixes are identical with the independent
and demonstrative forms; bere, bowever, the language attempts to dis­
tinguish persons and things; the exceptions to this rule are nUl11erous
especially in late texts. ama-ni,' his (her) mother '. sag-ni, 'her beart',
gab-ni, ' her breast ' 3. ka-silim -zu dúg -bi ga-l'a-ab-ba, 'may thy sonor­
ous voice give its utterance" ; gal-la-bi, 'its booty (the dogs defile)' ".
gisik-anna-bi, , its high gates' 6; iu!ml-li-e-ne kin-gí-a-mes (sic!), 'unto
his friend send hil11 " (accusative oí end oí motion), CT. XVI 46, 156;
(the varo falsely na for ne).
§ 161. The obligue endings, su-na galla-da, 'to put in his hand',
Gud. Sto E 8, 8. sab-ba-na=ina libbi-Su, SBP. 242, 18. igi-na, 'in
his face' 7. uJ'U-na... nal'ig ba-ni-gar, 'in his city he períorl11ed lustra­
tion' 8. ki-ba,' in its place' 9, but ki-bi, , to its place', accusative of end
L The text K. 5423, 27-30 gives the word ne (he) augmented by the prefix 11.
exactlyas in the case of zen, but the augment b is lacking; un-ne, un-ne, [in]ne,
[en- ]ne, probably all = su-u.
2. The force of a suffix may be objective as well as subjective, as in isisna-sú,
'with wailing for him', SBP. 306, 26.
3. SBP. 290, 9 f.
4. 282, 19.
5. 294, 32.
6~206, 14
7. SAK. lO2 XlIl 9. [Compare also RADAU, Ninib, etc., pp. 16-18].
8. Ibid., XII 21.
9. SAK. 36 n) 1 12.
Third pero
poss. suffix,
rectus.
Third pero
poss. su ffix,
obliquus.
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