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 ==== Preverb 5 Applicative Affixes ====
-The Preverb 4 slot contains exclusively the Applicative Affixes.  These affixes are used to change the argument structure of a clause by increasing its valency, or by changing an oblique NP to core status as an Absolutive argument.  The process of using an Applicative affix is often called "Applicative Formation", although other linguists prefer to use the term "Applicative Voice".  This article will use the term "Applicative Formation" to emphasize that the argument structure of the clause is being changed by use of the Applicative affix.  The Applicatives are used to promote an oblique argument to the Absolutive.
+The Preverb 5 slot contains exclusively the Applicative Affixes.  These affixes are used to change the argument structure of a clause by increasing its valency, or by changing an oblique NP to core status as an Absolutive argument.  The process of using an Applicative affix is often called "Applicative Formation", although other linguists prefer to use the term "Applicative Voice".  This article will use the term "Applicative Formation" to emphasize that the argument structure of the clause is being changed by use of the Applicative affix.  The Applicatives are used to promote an oblique argument to the Absolutive.
-All of the Preverb 4 affixes are mutually exclusive.  Moreover, they are tightly bound to the next segment of the verb complex, namely the Verb Core; no affixes may intervene between the Applicative affixes and the Verb Core.  Because of this strong connection to the Verb Core, it has been argued that the Applicatives be reclassified under the Verb Core segment.
+All of the Preverb 5 affixes are mutually exclusive.  Moreover, they are tightly bound to the next segment of the verb complex, namely the Verb Core; no affixes may intervene between the Applicative affixes and the Verb Core.  Because of this strong connection to the Verb Core, it has been argued that the Applicatives be reclassified under the Verb Core segment.
 Although the Applicative Affixes encode spatial or directional information like the Oblique case clitics, they do not resemble them in form.  The location and tight binding of these affixes belie their origins as the remnants of incorporated nouns from Proto-Nahenic; supporting evidence of this comes from the existence of independent cognate nouns in Nankôre, such as ''rahko'' "gift", ''macihi'' "hand", and ''nahko'' "room, enclosure", which is also cognate with the Minhast locative interrogative ''nakkī'' "where".