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 Noun cases:
 *Absolutive (ABS): Subject of intransitive verbs and direct object of transitive ones
-**base form
+**base form (consonants and medial schwas)
-*Ergative (ERG): Agent of transitive verbs
+*Ergative (ERG): Agent of transitive verbs (before object); causative (after object)
-**final ''é''
+**final ''ée''
-*Dative (DAT): Indirect objects and beneficials
+*Dative (DAT): Indirect objects; for the benefit of (BEN)
-**final ''k'' with AN and ''ee'' with IN
+**final ''u'' with AN and ''k'' with IN
-*Genitive (GEN):
+*Genitive (GEN): possession ('''his''' head); with most adpositions
 **final ''l'' with AN and ''j'' with IN
-*Locative (LOC):
+*Instrumental-comitative (INS-COM): using something or in company of someone (compare "with"); adjacent location (ADE)
-**final ''h''
+**final ''s'' with AN and ''h'' with IN
-*Causative (CAU):
-**final ''f''
 ===Adjective===