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Ordinary
adverb.
Various
simple
adverbs.
Interrogative
adverb.
CHAPTER XI
Adverbs.
§ 240. The ordinary qualifying adverb is formed by means of the
suffix sú attached to adjectives and has be en discussed in § 88. Other
examples are; dingir l7l-gal-lu dUlnu-a-ni-sú su-har-zid-zid-dé húr-e-
(sic!)
es sa-ra-da-guh, 'The god of the man for his son to accomplish faithfully
the absolution humbly stands before thee' '. gul-li-es=aadis,' gladly",
ul-li-es gu-mu-un-sa-a, 'Joyfully he named me' 3.
§ 241. Other adverbs are: a-dÍtn, 'so, thus', (ki-am, ki). a-dím
mu-un-iíl-li-en-ne, 'thus they accomplish' 4. egir-hi,' afterward', 'at
Iast', Gud. ey!. B 24, 17. egír-hi' behind'; egir-hi galu-ra us-sa,
'from behind they stand against the man'. a-ha,' and then' ; é-a-ni nig
ud-ul-lí-a-ia ha-da a-ha ha-sun, 'her temple which was built since
ancient days and then had been destroyed', SAK. 214 d) 15-6. á-ha
gis-ne-gar, 'and then he made sacrifices (?)' '.
§ 242. The interrogative ad verb for 'where'? and 'when'? is me,
evidently identicaI with me the interrogative adjective me (p. 111) 6.
1. IV R. 17 a 38; bul' = asru, is connected with the root bul, 'to tremble with
fear.'
2. V R. 62 a 39.
3. Ibid. 43.
4. SER, 31, 21.
5. Gud. CyI. A 17,26.
6. Notice that the interrogative adjective is translated by j;au and the adverb
by j;anu 'where ?'