𒀀𒉈

𒀀𒉈

Sumerian

Signs in this term

𒀀

𒉈

Pronoun

𒀀𒉈 • (a-ne /anē/)

1. he, she (third-person singular personal pronoun)

   𒃻 𒉌𒍪𒀀 𒀀𒉈 𒅔𒂵𒀭𒍪

   nig̃₂ i₃-zu-a a-ne in-ga-an-zu

   /nig̃ izu'a anē inganzu/

   The things I now, he knows too.

   𒀀𒉈𒁕𒉡𒈨𒀀

   a-ne-da nu-me-a

   /anēda nûmeâ/

   without him

   (literally, “when it is not with him”)

Alternative forms

• 𒂊𒉈 (e-ne /enē/) (Old Babylonian period and later)

Usage notes

• The initial /a/ contracts with the preceding vowel in the proper noun:

  𒀀𒁀𒉈𒁶 (a-ba-ne-gen₇ /Abânēgen/, literally “Who-is-like-him”)

See also

Sumerian personal pronouns
	singular	plural
1st person	𒂷 g̃e	not attested
2nd person	𒍢 ze	not attested
3rd person	𒀀𒉈 anē	𒀀𒉈𒉈 anēnē

References

• Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian‎ (doctoral thesis), page 210