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! Case !! Usage !! Ending | ! Case !! Usage !! Ending !! Notes | ||
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! Absolutive | ! Absolutive | ||
| Citation form; subject of intransitive verb; object of transitive verb; object of adposition|| – | | Citation form; subject of intransitive verb; object of transitive verb; object of adposition|| – || | ||
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! Ergative | ! Ergative | ||
| Animate agent of transitive verb || -<u>ə</u>q | | Animate agent of transitive verb || -<u>ə</u>q || | ||
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! Dative | ! Dative | ||
| Recipient, destination, motion towards (lative), purpose || -<u>ə</u>d | | Recipient, destination, motion towards (lative), purpose || -<u>ə</u>d || | ||
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! Genitive | ! Genitive | ||
| Possessor || -<u>ə</u>x | | Possessor || -<u>ə</u>x || Can take additional case endings. | ||
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! Ablative | ! Ablative | ||
| Origin, motion away, part of something (partitive), cause/reason || -<u>a</u> | | Origin, motion away, part of something (partitive), cause/reason || -<u>a</u> || Can take additional case endings. Identical to partitive and plural/mass indefinite article. | ||
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! Locative | ! Locative | ||
| Location || -<u>ə</u>m | | Location || -<u>ə</u>m || | ||
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! Instrumental | ! Instrumental | ||
| Instrument, means; inanimate agent of transitive verb || -<u>ə</u>v | | Instrument, means; inanimate agent of transitive verb || -<u>ə</u>v || | ||
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! Adverbial | ! Adverbial | ||
| Forms adverbs, "as" || -<u>a</u>n | | Forms adverbs, "as" || -<u>a</u>n || | ||
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! Vocative | ! Vocative | ||
| Used for addressing someone/something || -o | | Used for addressing someone/something || -o || | ||
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