๐’€€๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ

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Sumerian

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Signs in this term
๐’€€ ๐’‰ˆ ๐’‰ˆ

Etymology 1

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From ๐’€€๐’‰ˆ (a-ne /โ anฤ“โ /, โ€œhe/sheโ€) +‎ ๐’‚Š๐’‰ˆ (e-ne /โ enฤ“โ /, plural marker).

Pronoun

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๐’€€๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ โ€ข (a-ne-ne /anฤ“nฤ“/)

  1. they (third-person plural personal pronoun)
See also
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Sumerian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ๐’‚ท
gฬƒe
not attested
2nd person ๐’ข
ze
not attested
3rd person ๐’€€๐’‰ˆ
anฤ“
๐’€€๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ
anฤ“nฤ“

Etymology 2

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From ๐’€€๐’‰Œ (a-neโ‚‚ /โ aneโ /, โ€œhis/herโ€) +‎ ๐’‚Š๐’‰ˆ (e-ne /โ enฤ“โ /, plural marker).

Pronoun

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๐’€€๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ โ€ข (a-ne-ne /anฤ“nฤ“/)

  1. (enclitic) their (third-person plural possessive pronoun)
Usage notes
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  • The /a/ of ๐’€€๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ (a-ne-ne /โ anฤ“nฤ“โ /) contracts with a preceding vowel:
    ๐’…†๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ๐’‚  โ€• igi-ne-ne-ลกeโ‚ƒ /igรฎnฤ“nฤ“ลกe/ โ€• before their eyes
  • The final /ฤ“/ of ๐’€€๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ (a-ne-ne /โ anฤ“nฤ“โ /) does not contract with the locative case marker /a/:
    ๐’…—๐’‚ต๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ๐’€€ โ€• ka-ga-ne-ne-a /kaganฤ“nฤ“'a/ โ€• in their own mouths
  • The final /ฤ“/ of ๐’€€๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ (a-ne-ne /โ anฤ“nฤ“โ /) contracts with the vowel of the genitive case marker /ak/, resulting in /รช/:
    ๐’‹๐’€€๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ๐’„ฐ โ€• aลกโ‚ƒ-a-ne-ne-kam /ฤลกanฤ“nรชkam/ โ€• (this) is of the six of them
See also
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Sumerian possessive pronouns
singular plural
1st singular ๐’ˆฌ
gฬƒu
๐’ˆจ
mฤ“
2nd singular ๐’ช
zu
๐’ช๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ
zunฤ“nฤ“
3rd singular hum. ๐’€€๐’‰Œ
ane
๐’€€๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ
anฤ“nฤ“
nhum. ๐’‰
be

References

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  • Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian[1] (doctoral thesis), pages 218-219