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is seen in other languages, as, for example, in Central American 

 Tule, where a'ti, iti can indicate both ' he, she, it ' and also ' they ' 

 (Prince, Amer. Anthropologist, XV., p. 484; the a'ti, i'ti -element 

 may be pluralized by the collective suffix -mala, which, however, is 

 often omitted). 



II. 



SuMERiAN Verb with Pronouns, with References to Follow- 

 ing Commentary. 

 I-Thee 



Ga-class : ga-mu-ra-ab-dim = lu-bu-sa-ku-um, '1 will (let me) 

 make for thee,' P., No. 142, rev. 2, 10. 



Mu-CLASS : nu-mu-ra-te-ma-de(ne)-en = ti-la e-te-xi-a-kitm, 'I 

 shall not go to thee,' P. AO. 5403, 6. xu-mu-ra-ab-gd(r) , 'I gave 

 thee as a present,' P., p. 103. 



Mi-class: mi-ni-max-en, 'I made thee great therein (for it),' 

 P., p. 112. 



I-HiM 



Ga-class : ga-an-na-dim = hi-hu-su-imi, ' I Avill make it for him,' 

 P., No. 142, rev. 2, 15. 



Mu-CLASS : xu-mn-na-du, ' I built for him,' P., p. 102. imi-na- 

 dit, 'I built for him,' P., p. 102. xu-mu-ni-max=^hi-sa-ti-ir, 'I 

 will increase for him' (or) 'therein,' P., p. 102. 



Mi-CLASS : mi-ni-i ^ a-na-ku su-a-ti su-a-ti, 'I it for him,' P. 

 JRAS., XVII., 65, 4, 23. mi-ni-dii^al-hi-in, 'I moulded it for 

 him' (or) 'therein,' P., p. 102. xu-mi-ni-in-tax==^lu-um-mi-su, 

 ' I supported it,' P., p. 102. 



Ne-class : ne-gi-a, ' I restored it (Clay) .' 



Ba-class : ba-a^a-na-ku su-a-ti{-\- -ti; probably = siiati hiati), 

 P. JRAS., XVII., p. 65, 4, 19. ba-ni-i = a-na-ku siia-ti hi-a-ti, 'I 

 it for him,' P. JRAS., XVII., p. 65, 4, 28 (also ba-ni-e ditto), ba- 

 an-na-te-en e-te-xi-suwi, ' I went to him,' P. AO., 5403, 8. 



Bi-CLASs: bi = a-na-ku su-a-ti, 'I it (or) him,' P. JRAS., XVII., 

 p. 65, 4, 13. bi-i=a-na-ku su-a-ti, 'I it (or) him,' P. JRAS., 

 XVIL, p. 65, 4, 14. 



I(n)-class: i-ni-i = a-na-kii su-a-ti su-a-ti, 'I it for him,' P. 

 JRAS., XVII., p. 65, 4, 22. in-na-ni-i =^ a-na-kii su-a-ti sua-ti u 



