Subordinative: subordinative
The subordinative suffix -u, in Neo-Assyrian mainly separable -(ū…)ni, is often also called subjunctive in Assyriological literature, although it is not mood and the same as Sub in UD. In Akkadian, the subordinative suffix is attached to a verbal predicate to indicate that a clause is subordinate to the main clause. Currently this feature takes binary values (yes/no) although the data in RIAO and much of the data in MCONG is unary (yes = has subjunctive).
Yes: has subordinative
Examples
- ipparšidūni “(as many as/which/who) had fled”
- usbakūni “(While) I was (in …)”
- ša šumī šaṭra ipaššiṭu-ma šumšu išaṭṭaru “Who erases my inscribed name and writes his (own) name”
No: does not have subordinative
Examples
- ipparšid “he fled”
Subordinative in other languages: [akk]