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INFLECTlON AND POSTFIXES 75
liquor', ibid., 10, 3. a-a d. mullillida-da maga mu-e-du, 'to praise father
Enlil in song majestically we come', SBP. 278,7. é-azag-dü-dé,' fo
build the sacred house', Cyl. A 1,16. a en-ra sum7rw- da, 'to give water
to the lord', Cyl. B 6, 25. The same function appears with infinitives
after verbs of commanding. e-dé 1 ni-mi-dúg, 'he commanded to take
away', SAK. 40, IV 32. sum-mu-da mu lugal in-pad, 'He swore in
the name of the king to give', MYHRMAN, no. 13, 6 f. da of purpose
also in namtil ... gu-de-a-da ka-su-gál-la-da, 'to pray lar the life of
Gudea " Cyl. B 8, 18.
§ 98. da and dé, employed with infinitives to replace descriptive
clauses, corresponding to theLatin gerundive, reveal again the subjec­
tive force inherent in this particle. ka nu-du-u2-da na-ne nu-ur = ina
la pU pi ~utrinna la f$énu, ',vhen he opens not his mouth incense is not
smelled', IV R. 25 b. 653• sermalla-zu-dé,' when thou art glorious',
SBP. 296, passim. sa galu-tu-ra-sú zu-zu-da-mu" 'when I examine
the limbs of the sick-man'. e-a tú-a e-da-zu-dé, 'when thou goest to the
house of washing', V, R 51 a, 28 (cf. 21. 35).
The circumstantial da. su-gi(n)-gi(n)-da ge-en-da-ab-sag-es =
ma sulmi littarruka, 'in safety may they lead thee', VR. 51 a ·29.
d. im-clugucl-(musen) kur-mu-sa-da ge-bacl-du-ám, '(it is like) the Zu-bird
which fought (?) with the mountain serpent', Cyl. A 27, 19. gú-cle-de­
da w'-gig-a nu-un-sed-de, 'with sighing day and night he rests not',
K. 3931 obv. 9.
§ 99. da locative is frequent. edin-da e-cla-tag-tag , (their bones)
by the field he leit', SAK. 38, III 24. e-da sig-sig-ga-bi, '(the spearj
which was fixed in the temple', Cyl. A 27, 18. abzu-cla su-ga-ám, placed
beside the Apsu', Cyl. A 24, 27. e-mu-cla musen-clim im-ma-ra-dal­
en, 'in my templethey caused me to fly like a bird', SBP. 6, 17.
1. Or en-ne (i).
2. Notice the long vowel du-u, compensation for dug.
3. ZnIMERN, Noldehe Festschrijt, 961, has another interpretation in which da
is regarded as having bircumstantial force, , if his mouth is not consecrated'.
4. Varo su-zu-de. Notice the objective force of Sú, see § 91.
da gerundive,
temporal;
circumstantial.
da locative.