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110 SUMERIAN GRAMMAR
Gudea". This is probably the explanation of the difficult ra, rt 1ll
passages such as, Ennugi dumu d.enlilla-ra, 'son of Enlil is he', SBP.
154, 32; 15R, 46 and often. See especially SBP. 212. This explana­
tion seems to be the only satisfactory one for cases like SBP. 84, 14 ff.,
where T'a marks the subject'.
§ 164. By the change r> l arose the form ul. é-ul,' that temple
yonder', 'the other temple', Cyl. B 2, 11; 6,2. ud rtl-li-a-ta, 'from
those days, (since long ago)', SAK. 198 e 16, and 72 VIII 27. The
form li has chiefly a tem poral significance. ur' -ri-li-na 3 = ina úme
ulluti, 'in those days', SBR. 97,48. Transferred to the future li carne
to mean 'the future', arkatu. li-zu = arkat-ka, 'thyfuture', SBH. 110,
28. Especially in li-sú = ana mati, 'until when ''l, employed in an
interrogative sense. li = suatu V R. 27 a 37. Also in é-li-na azagga
kibkibbi ni-búr-búr, 'in yonder holy temple she frees from sickness',
K. 3931 obv. 11.
§ 165. For persons, corresponding to mannu, the regular interrogative
is aba (a-ba-a, SBP. 200, 22), aba',. aba-d.enlil-dím, 'who
is like Enlil'?, a n. pro aba me-a-ni, 'who is this'?' aba ba-ra-e,
'who shall escape'· (?). aba ib-sed-dé, 'who shall allay'?7 mulu,
dialectic for galu = amelu, 'man', is also em ployed for the interroga­
tive; mulu ta-zu mu-un-zu = kattuk mannu ilammad, 'thy form who
comprehends' ?
For things corresponding to minü, there are two words ana and ta.
Both aba and ana were derived by adding ba and na to the interjection
1. SAK. 110 XX, 1.
2. Perhaps this demonstrative ,. oeeurs in sag-nig-ga-ra-kam, 'total of the
property', often in lists, e. g., LAD, no. 252 obv. 11.
3. na falsely for ina. See also K. 3931 obv. 18.
4. aba is evidently a ease of vowel harmony for abi; ef. ana