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| *aẓ̌āma ṣinžīna wig`u ayyithām
| *aẓ̌āma ṣinžīna wig‘u ayyithām
| person-GEN.SG cat-NOM.PL milk-ACC.SG 3PL-CONCL/IPFV/drink
| person-GEN.SG cat-NOM.PL milk-ACC.SG 3PL-CONCL/IPFV/drink
| 'The person's cats are drinking the milk'}}
| 'The person's cats are drinking the milk'}}


The genitive can also serve as a general oblique case, used for the indirect object with verbs like ''*nadiʔ'' ('to give').
The genitive can also serve as a general oblique case, used for the indirect object with verbs like ''*nadi’'' ('to give').


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| *ṣinžūna wig`u ’a-ndi’
| *ṣinžūna wig‘u ’a-ndi’
| cat-GEN.PL milk-ACC.SG 1SG-CONCL/PFV/give
| cat-GEN.PL milk-ACC.SG 1SG-CONCL/PFV/give
| 'I gave the cats milk'}}
| 'I gave the cats milk'}}


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| *ṣinžūna wagi` ’asithumu ndi’
| *ṣinžūna wagi‘ ’asithumu ndi’
| cat-ACC.PL milk 1SG-INF/make_drink <nowiki>=</nowiki>CONCL/give
| cat-ACC.PL milk 1SG-INF/make_drink <nowiki>=</nowiki>CONCL/give
| 'I let the cats drink the milk'}}
| 'I let the cats drink the milk'}}
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