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Double
infixes.
Suf[ixes.
Compound
verbs.
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royalty of Kis have been given' '. Notice for example in-ta-dü-a= innipus,
K. 41 obv. II 3.
The variants te, ti, for ta occur in ü-mu-un-te-gur-gur, 'thou shalt
purify' 2, and d.en-ki-da é an-kir-ra-ka sag-mu-ti-ni-ib-kus-8á, 'by the
aid of Ea he planned the temple of Ankir' 3.
§ 203. Compound verbs deserve a separate treatment since in the
construction of these verbs the language attained subtlety of expression
altogether extraordinary 5.
SUMERIAN GRAMMAR
§ 201. Occasionally a form has two of these adverbial infixes; an~ta
ge- gál ga-mu-ra ta-gin, 'may plenty come to thee (ra) from (ta) heaven'
4. babbar ki-sar-ra ma-I'a-ta-e-a dingir-zu (l.nin-gis-zid-da babbar­
clím lú-sa-ra ma-ra-da-ra-ta-e, 'The sun which arose for thee from the
world - thy god Ningiszidda, as the sun from the world, goes up for
thee'. The combination ra-ta in the first verb is again doubled in the
second verb (,vi th the ta dissimilated to da) since the second verb
attempts to repeat the form of the preceding dependent verb and also
the same idea.
§ 202. The infixes da, ta, sú, ra,for reasons which are not evident,
may be placed after the verb; they still preserve their original force in
this position. ge-til-la-Sú,' that he may live', OBI. 113, 4. se-ib urú
zí-ib-ba-(ki) ba-gul-la-ta, 'The brick walls of Barsippa are destroyed',
SBH. 55 obv. 14. gum-ba- gur-ra-ta clúg-ga-na, ., she who said 'let me
be sent back"', RTe. 2900bv. 9. nu-mu-un-clib-ba-ra, 'he comes not (to
thee)', SBP. 96,3. nu lnír-ru-da=sa la uttaldwra, IV R. IBa 5.
ta passive in l-ci-Sú an-ki ur-bi lál-a-ta, 'where heaven and earth
are joined', V R. 50 a 7.
1. SAK. 22 b) V 26-VI 5.
2. IV R. 27 b 52; literal1y, 'remove (impurity)'. The figurative sense in izi
im-ma-ta-lal, 'with fire ehase away (impurity)'. Cyl. A 13, 13, ete. (Syntaxe 255).
lal = matu, 'be laeking', lit. 'make laeking'.
3. Cy1. A 22, 12-3. Rere ti repeats da.
4. Cyl. A 11, 8.
5. For literature on the eompound verb see Syntaxe, 237 f., and Bab., II 66-99.