SumerianGrammar

130 CHAPTER TWELVE
12.13.2.3. Three elements
ur 4 -ur 4 -u 4 -mu-na-ab [ururu-mu-na-b] “collect it for him” SRT 12:60.
é-di∞gir-re-e-ne nigin-na-ma-ni-ib [nigin-a-ma-ni-b] “go around the
houses of the gods for my sake” Inana’s Descent 36.
∞gi“kim-a-ni [e-ne-ra] du 11 -mu-na-ab [dug-mu-na-b] “give [him] a
sign (or: an identification) of his” ELA 496.
12.13.2.4. Four elements
¢sá du 11 Ü-ga-àm-mu-¢na-ni-íbÜ [dug-a-mu-na-ni-b] = ¢“utak“iÜda““um
“cause him 1 to be brought in close contact with him 2 ” OBGT IX
52 (MSL 4, 106).
[sá du 11 ]-¢ga-ba-naÜ-ni-íb [dug-a-ba-na-ni-b] = “utak ¢“idsumÜ “cause
him 1 to be brought close to him 2 ” OBGT IX 40 (MSL 4, 105).
Note: Neither AHw. nor CAD K s.vv. ka“àdu (“utak“udu) has offered a convincing
translation of these Akkadian imperatives. Both the Sumerian and the Akkadian
forms look like learned scribal efforts—as do some other forms in the sá-du 11 (-g)
= ka“àdu section of OBGT.
Attinger 1993, 298 f. with lit.
As in many languages, there is no negated imperative in Sumerian.
Instead, vetitive [bara] (12.11.8) or prohibitive [na I ] (12.11.9) are used.
12.14. NON-FINITE VERBAL FORMS
Non-finite verbal forms lack any of those prefixes or suffixes by which
state or action can be linked to a ‘subject’ of 1 st , 2 nd , or 3 rd person,
sing. or pl. Cf. 12.7.1, 12.7.2, and 12.7.3 for the conjugation patterns
of the Sumerian verb.
There are three types (see 1–3) of non-finite verbal forms. Moreover,
there is a ‘hybrid’ type (see 4) where particles of possession (see 5.2)
occur.
In all except (1), the distribution of the ¢am†u or marû bases is
relevant.
(1) B-[Ø], B-B-[Ø].
(2) B-[a] and B-[e(d)], without or with copula.
(3) B-[ede], B-[eda], B-[ada].
(4) ‘Conjugated’ participle or ‘pronominal conjugation’.
It seems practical to call (2) participles, (3) infinitives, and (4) a conjugated
participle.