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lndefinite
pronoun.
Relatives,
personal.
112 SUMERIAN GRAMMAR
value ja (sic!) to NI =su-u (he) and samnu (oil). It is highly probable
that the values ia-u, ia for NI are Semi tic from ni = jau.
The compound na-me is also used for the interrogative (iau). dim­
mer name abazu mundím, 'a god, which one attains thy fullness?' t
§ 166. na-me is the ordinary word for 'anyone' manma. galu
name =' any man' 2. dingir name = ilu mamman, ' any god ' 3. na-me
is also the word for 'anything'. ene sabbani name mun-gidi, 'until
his heart attain something', IV R. 20 obv. 5. ud-na-rne-sú = 'at any
time', II R. 48 a 13. am (see p. 97) in am nu-un-zu = mimma ul idi,
, he does not know anything', IV R. 10 b 29. AIso the simple vowel ti,
is used for 'anything'. u nu':ma-si-tur, 'he did not allow anything
to enter', Gud. F 2, 5. 'Everything', usually translated by mimma
basu, mimma sumsu, etc., is formed with the abstract prefix nig, nig­
na-me > nig-nam', or with the augment an, annam as in annam
namlal = mimma sumsu naplJ,ar i$$ure, V R. 19 b 25.
§ 167. The relative for persons is regularly galu, mulu, the or­
dinary word for 'man' (amelu). Eannatum, galu é ... da-a, . who
built the temple' 5. patesi ... galu é-ninna ... in-da-a, 'the patesi
who built Eninnü' '. lugal-mu uru-a-ni-8ú gur-ra, 'my l~d who
turns unto his city' 7. galu gen-bi (sic!) galu dib-dib-bi, 'he who seizes
the limbs of man '8. galu mu-pad-da nu-tuk-a, 'he who has no name'.
galu ... gi-bi, 'he who causes to turn back'·.
1. Semitic ian ilu malaka im?i, IV R. 9 a 50.
2. V R. 24 a 38; IV R. 18 a 50.
3. BA. V 646, 5.
4. nig-na-me mug-na nu-tug, 'he shall not have anything against him', POEBEL,
no. 14, 10.
5. Sumerian developed the notion of relation from appositional clauses. The
original sentence is, •Eannatum, man building the temple', SAK. 23 k) Seite B. II 2.
6. SAK. 72, VII! 3.
7. ASKT. 81, 15.
8. ASKT. ti4, 30. Notice the forms galu ... digga, 'he who dies', 88, 22 f., and
28; galu .. ' ra-a, ',whom he has overfiown', 29; galu ... nu tuk-a, 'who has not', 33;
galu ... nu-illa, 'who is not carried', 33.
9. IV R. 14, no. 2 rey. 22.