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114 SUMERJAN GRAMMAR
(Y. § 154) becomes ni-te(n). Two constructions, the appositional and
the suffixed, are possilJle. In the case of apposition the word ní, or
ní-te(n), may be placed before or after the pronoun or no un ; in the
suffixec1 construction the pronoun emphasized is suffixec1 to ní, ni-te(n),
the latter being the Semi tic construction.
Qne may say me ni, ni me, '1 myself', or ni-mu, 'my own self'. ni­
zu-siÍ =ana ramani-ka. ni-ha = ina ramani-su (oblique case of the neu­
ter possessiye), IV R. 9 a 22. Notice the double construction in é-ni nite-a-ni
= ina bit ramnisu, where ni-te-a-ni is the renexiye of the suffix
in é-ni'. ni may eyen be employed to emphasize the prefixes of a verb
as in ni mu-un-zal me-e, '1 myself am satiated " where ni strengthens
the subject J)'W.
The reflexiye object is similarly expressed, ni mu-[un]-slg-Slg-gi,
'he has trodden me down, even me " SBiL 5, 8.
The word ni-te(n) is treated as a noun and occurs as a genitiye.
sag ni-te-a-ge = ina lib ramani-su, literally, 'heart of himself'.
1. V R. 50 b, 54.