Hurrian Language - Sample Text

Sample Text

Untomān iyallēnīn tiwēna šūallamān šēniffuš katōšāššena ūriāššena, antillān ēmanāmḫa tānōšau. (aus dem Mitanni-Brief, Kolumne IV, Zeilen 30-32)

Word in morphemes Grammatical analysis
unto=mān now = but
iya=llē=nīn relative.pronoun = 3.plural.absolutive = truly
tiwē-na-Ø thing-article.plural-absolutive
šū-a=lla=mān every-locative=3.plural.absolutive=but
šēn-iffu-š brother-my-ergative.singular
kat-ōš-ā-šše-na-Ø say-preterite.transitive-3.singular.subject-nominaliser-article.plural-absolutive
ūr-i-ā-šše-na-Ø want-transitive-3.singular.subject-nominaliser-article.plural-absolutive
anti=lla=an those=plural.absolutive=and
ēman-āmḫa ten-multiplicative
tān-ōš-au do-preterite.transitive-1.singular.subject

Translation: "Those things, which my brother truly said and wanted as a whole, now I have done them, but tenfold."

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