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| ======Causative====== | | ======Causative====== |
| The causative expresses causation or facilitation of the action. It is indicated by the suffix ''-scái'' after the verb stem. | | The causative expresses causation or facilitation of the action. It is indicated by the suffix ''-scái'' after the verb stem. |
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| ======Applicative======
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| The applicative promotes an oblique object of a verb to the direct object position (for example, ''thrāpái'' 'fight (a battle)' > ''lōthrāpái'' 'fight (someone)'), and downgrades the core object argument to an oblique argument. An applicative prefix is used to qualify the relationship of the new object to the base verb. In the passive, the applicative finds much syntactic utility in constructing impersonal statements about an oblique object.
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| ! Themsaran !! Gloss
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| | ''viN-'' || instrumental ({{sc|ins}})
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| | ''mi-'' || locative ({{sc|loc}})
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| | ''lau-'' || comitative ({{sc|com}})
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| | ''aZ-'' || telic ({{sc|tel}})
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| | ''raN-'' || miscellaneous roles
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| *''aZ-'' + ''ħálnái'' 'dig' > '''''ás'''ħalnái'' 'excavate, exhume' (lit. "obtain by digging")
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| =====Non-finite forms===== | | =====Non-finite forms===== |