ETCSLglossing | ![]() | Sign name: GU2×NUN (USAN) Values: sub3, usan |
a-na-ac-am<sub>3</sub> | lu<sub>2</sub> | ja<sub>2</sub>-la | dag-ga-gin<sub>7</sub> | jic | ma-ab-hur-hur-re-en |
a-na-ac | lu2 | ja2-la | dag | jic | hur |
why | person | noun part of multiword verb | to roam around | tree | to scratch |
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The learned scribe humbly answered his supervisor: "I shall give you a response to what you have just recited like a magic spell, and a rebuttal to your charming ditty delivered in a bellow. Do not make me out to be an ignoramus -- I will answer you once and for all! You opened my eyes like a puppy's and you made me into a human being. But why do you go on outlining rules for me as if I were a shirker? Anyone hearing your words would feel insulted!" |
ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary |
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