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The simple form me-e only in syllabars. me-a za-e me-en, 'where art
,hoa'? me-a-e-ne, 'where are they". Strengthened by ta the form
[l€i.:omes me-a-ta ; me-a-ta met-e gen, 'where am 1 truly'? The variant
ma-(l-({ occurs in m(l-a-a di-di-in, 'whither shall 1 go?" uku-zu ma-a­
11 ni-lá!J-es, 'Thy people, whither have they taken them?' 3 StrengtheIlied
by bi the form becomes me-a-bi,. imin-bi me-a-bi ü-tu-ud-da-a­
¡r:i'¡e-~, ; The seven, where have they been born' 4? Also ma-a-bi occurs
jin m(l-a-a-bi ud-me-na-dim, 'Where as in the days of long ago '1' ,
Strengthened by the element en-na, en, 'up to', 'unto', arose the
form me-en-na, me-en, 'how long?', 'until vvhen '1' (adi mati). me-en­
"l,Q ga/san-ma i-de-zu nigin-na-ge, 'How long, Oh my lady, is thy face
turned away?' 6 me-na túg-mal !Ju-mu-ra-ab-bi, '" vVhen repose?'
may he speak unto thee" 7.
This form so far lost the force of the element en that the element Sú
ts attaehed; me-na-sú, 'how long?' 8
ADVERI3S 177
1. These two constructions are slightly different. In the former the indepenclent
i:'rrn of the pronoun is employecl with the verb me, 'to be'. In the second case
me-a is treatecl as a noun with possessive suftlx.
2. SEP. 78.5.
3. SER. 110, 35.
4. IV R. 15 b 19.
5. SEP. 78, 5.
6. IV R. 29** rev. 7.
7. Ibid. 18 b 13.
8. SER. 45, ~7.
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