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placed it at the bottom,' but used with a preceding md-e, ' I.' Iiii-, however, 

 can mean "thou"; II. R. i6, i6 e: er (a-si) im-ma-an-ses-scs ^ tabakni, 

 ' tliou weepest.' Im- is very common as a third personal prefix. 



9. Ill-, 'I' (s.v. i-him). Very rare. Poebel's examples are the best 

 instances of this use. 



10. In-, 'thou' (s.v. thou-him) ; IV. R. 7, 30 a : nin ma-e nin-zu-a-mu 

 sa-e in-ma-e-zu = sa andku idu atta tidi, ' what I know thou shalt know ' 

 (= ' for me' = -ma-e-?) ; cf. AJSL. XIX., §28. In- is commonly used with 

 the third person. 



11. In-, . . . -lie, 'they' (sv. they-him) ; a logical third person plural. 



12. Ma-, ' me, to me ' (s.v. he-me) ; for this usage Poebel's examples are 

 best. Note also ma-an-se = iddinsu, ' he gave it to him ' with the third per- 

 son, Br. 4418. 



13. Mi-, 'I' (s.v. i-thee). Poebel's example is the only one known to me. 



14. Mi-, 'me' (s.v. he-me; he-him). Note that the -nin- here =^' me.' 

 Mi is most common with the third personal sense, Br., p. 546. 



15. Mi-, 'thou' (s.v. thou-him) ; cf. also IV. R. 24, nr. 3, 6-7: tul-tul-as 

 mi-ni-in-sid = tilanis tamnu, ' thou regardest it as a ruin,' but points back to 

 a 2 p. -su in line 3. 



16. Mu-, 'I' (s.v. i-thee; i-him) ; very common use (see AJSL. XIX., 

 §32). 



17. Mu-, 'thou' (s.v. thou-me) ; only in Poebel, so far as I have met it. 



18. Mu-, 'he' (s.v. he-me; he-him) ; passim; AJSL. XIX., pp. 217-218. 



19. Mu- . . . -es, 'they' (s.v. they-me) ; a natural plural of mu-, 'he.' 

 Note mu- . . . -us, the same plural, as mu- . . . es with vowel harmony; 

 MS for es. 



III. 



Analysis of Material. 



The prefixes, infixes and suffixes shown by the above table may 



be grouped alphabetically as follows : 



an-si-ib, '(turn thou) it to him'=^ij&. 



ba-^ 1, 2 and 3 p. subject. 



ba-an-, ' he it.' 



ba-an-na-, 'he it ; he for him.' 



bi-=i, 2 and 3 p. subject. 



bi- . . . -^i = 3 pi. subject. 



ga-=i p. subject. 



ga-mu-=^i p. subject: 'I will.' 



gen- . . . -^-w^ = 3 p. pi. precative subject. 



i-= I p. subject; cf. i-ni-in. 

 iib)- = 2> P- subject. 

 i'm-= I, 2 and 3 p. subject. 



