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he-ne, Langdon, p. 108, are also common: sih-hi-ne, 'their shep- 

 herd'; mug-bi-ne-ne = elisunu (Langdon, p. 108). The distinction 

 between remote and nearer subject and object, respectively -ne-ne 

 and -hi-ne, is no more logically carried out in the later language than 

 in the case of -ni, -hi of the third person singular {q.v.), but their 

 original remote and nearer force seems just as probable. 



The third person plural possessive is frequently expressed by the 

 singular suffixes of the third person : -ni, -hi, a phenomenon which 



Table of Pronouns. 



Connecting Suffixes Connecting Suffixes 



an-ne-en, en-ne-en, ab-ci-en, an-ci-en, 



in-ne-en, me-en-ne-en, en-ci-en, ib-ci-en, 



un-ne-en ib-ci-en, in-ci-en, 



me-ci-en, me-en-ci-en, 



un-ci-en 



2 Confused usage. 



3 No distinction between rectus and oblique. 



4 Probable distinction between nearer and farther subject and object. 

 ° Used only with participles, so far as is known. See below. 



