User:Tom 144/nīnu

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *niḥnu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Old Babylonian) /ˈniˑ.nu/

Pronoun

𒉌𒄿𒉡 • (ni-i-nu)

1. we

Personal pronoun inflection

Akkadian personal pronouns¹
			Independent forms			Pronominal Suffixes
			Nominative	Oblique²	Dative	Predicative³	Possessive⁴	Accusative⁵	Dative⁵
Singular	1st		anāku	yâti	yâšim, ayyâšim	-āku	-ī, -ya	-anni, -nni, -ninni	-am, -m, -nim
	2nd	m	atta	kâta	kâšim, kâšum	-āta	-ka	-ka	-kum
		f	atti	kâti	kâšim	-āti	-ki	-ki	-kim
	3rd	m	šū	šuāti, šuātu, šâti	šuāšim, šâšim	-	-šu	-šu	-šum
		f	šī	šuāti, šâti	šuāšim, šâšim	-at	-ša	-ši	-šim
Plural	1st		nīnu	niāti	niāšim	-ānu	-ni	-niāti	-niāšim
	2nd	m	attunu	kunūti	kunūšim	-ātina	-kunu	-kunūti	-kunūšim
		f	attina	kināti⁶	kināšim⁶	-ātunu	-kina	-kināti	-kināšim
	3rd	m	šunu	šunūti	šunūšim	-ā	-šunu	-šunūti	-šunūšim
		f	šina	šināti	šināšim⁶	-ū	-šina	-šināti	-šināšim
1. This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. 2. Used to express the Accusative and Genitive case.				3. Used exclusively on adjectives to form the predicative construction. 4. Used on nouns and prepositions.			5. Used on verbs. Always follows the Ventive. 6. Still unattested form.

Attested forms

Tom 144/nīnu

• 𒉌𒉡 (ni-nu) (OA, MB)
• 𒉌𒉡𒌑 (ni-nu-ú) (OA)
• 𒉌𒄿𒉡 (ni-i-nu) (MB)
• 𒉌𒂊𒉡 (ni-e-nu) (NA)
• 𒉌𒄿𒉌 (ni-i-ni) (NA)

References

• “nīnu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 11, N, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980, page 240