SumerianGrammar

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THE VERB 75
sg. pl.
¢. a a
m. a a
12.4.1.
“úm “úm gu 7 gu 7 sar sar
“úm “úm gu 7 gu 7 sar sar
“give” “eat” “write”
This is the inalterable class. It has not yet been estimated how great a
percentage the class represents in the total of (attested) Sumerian verbs.
sg. pl.
¢. a a
m. a' a'
12.4.2.
è è ti/te ti/te
è(-d) è(-d) ti(-∞g)/te(-∞g) ti(-∞g)/te(-∞
g)
“come out”
“approach”
Here, “vertically”, a simple and an extended base are opposed. ti/te
etc. mainly occurs in the compound verb “u ti “to bring the hand
close (to something)” = “to receive” (see 12.15.1.2).
Note: In occasional Ur III administrative texts a reduplicated TI.TI stands for
marû ti(-∞g), e.g., “u ha-ba-an-“i-íb-TI.TI “he will certainly ([ha]) receive it ([b])
from him ([n-“i])”; see Krecher 1995, 161, 163–73, for similar cases of pseudoreduplication
of a verbal base to indicate the marû.
12.4.3.
sg. pl. sg. pl.
¢. a a and ¢.
m. a-a a-a
m.
a a
a'-a' a'-a'
ge 4 ge 4 zi(-g) zi(-g)
ge 4 -ge 4 ge 4 -ge 4 zi-zi zi-zi
“return”
“rise, raise”
na∞g na∞g kur 9 kur 9 gar ∞gar
na 8 -na 8 na 8 -na 8 ku 4 -ku 4 ku 4 -ku 4 gá-∞ ∞ gá ĝá-∞ gá
“drink” “enter” “set”