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**'''Predicative''': Used for predicative nouns. This is not a true case but rather the absolutive fused to the copula. This fusing is optional. | **'''Predicative''': Used for predicative nouns. This is not a true case but rather the absolutive fused to the copula. This fusing is optional. | ||
***Absolutive ending in consonant: ''- | ***Absolutive ending in consonant: ''-é'' (declines as adjective), ''-dha'' (invariant; present only) | ||
***Absolutive ending in short, non-high-tone vowel: ''- | ***Absolutive ending in short, non-high-tone vowel: ''-é'' (declines as adjective), ''-rha'' (invariant; present only) - e.g. ''nama'' → ''namé, namarha'' | ||
***Absolutive ending in long or high-tone vowel: ''- | ***Absolutive ending in long or high-tone vowel: ''-rhé'' (declines as adjective), ''-rha'' (invariant; present only) | ||
***Independent forms of the copula: invariant ''dha'' (present only), '' | ***Independent forms of the copula: invariant ''dha'' (present only), ''é'' (adjective declension), ''dhé'' (= ''dha + é''; adjective declension) | ||
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