SumerianGrammar

126 CHAPTER TWELVE
nin 9 -∞gu 10 ama-∞gu 10 “i-ga-mi-in-na “my sister who, as we know (“i-),
are also my mother” VS 2, 27 v 7.
. . . me-e “i-in-ga-m[èn-na], ... me-e “i-in-ga-mèn-[na] “I who, as
one knows, am . . ., and who, as one knows, also am . . .” SBH 56:18 f.
and 22 f. (see Falkenstein 1944, 92).
Kè“ ki -gin 7 rib-ba lú “i-in-ga(-an)-túm-mu, ...ama “i-in-ga-an-ù-dú
“will someone bring forth somebody who would be as overwhelming
as Ke“, or will a mother bear somebody (who would be as overwhelming
as A“gi, the warrior (of Ke“))” Ke“ Hymn 18–19 (as well
as at the end of each ‘House’ section).
12.12.2.7. [nu“-inga]
lugal-∞gu 10 ní-hu“-rib-ba-za, nu-u“-in-ga-zu-àm,... ní-mah-a-za, nu-u“-
in-ga-¢zu-àmÜ “My lord, would that your overwhelming fierce awe
were known, ... that your unsurpassed awe were known” Ninurta G
174–177 (and see 179, 181, 183), M. E. Cohen 1975, 29.
Note: The fivefold repetition of [inga] might be rendered by “firstly”, “secondly”,
etc.
nu-u“-in-ga- is spelled with ‘hiatus’ above, but note Ur Lamentation
101 nu-“i-in-ga- with var. nu-u“-in-ga- in UET 6/2, 136:96.
12.12.2.8. ‘Irregular’ [inga-na]
Attinger 1993, 297: “Que [(i)nga] n’est ni un préf. I [“préformatif ”]
ni un préf. II [“préfixe de conjugaison”], mais une sorte de “prédicat
conjonctif ” (§ 90.e [p. 149]), ressort clairement du fait qu’il peut
être aussi bien précédé que suivi du préf. I assertif (na) (comp. inga-na(m)-mu-na-be
2 (-en) et na-an/nam-ga-)”.
According to Attinger who rather associates [inga] with -bi, -bida,
ù “and” (p. 149 f.), [inga] should not find its fixed position in
table on p. 112 f. In fact, [inga] might be isolated as “also” in GilgHuw.
I 91 mìn-kam-ma-“è in-ga(-)nam-mu-na-ab-bé “a second time, still, he
definitely addresses him”. But in most of the other occurrences, [(i)nga]
appears inseparably embedded in the prefix string of the verb.
Note: Only a living informant would be able to say whether or not [inga-namu-na-b-e]
and *[na-nga-mu-na-b-e] were freely exchangeable.
At any rate, Attinger’s position will have to be submitted to further
research, in a comprehensive study of the particle [inga].
For bibl., see Attinger 1993, 297.