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li-no, the inanimate ablative case marker.
 
   

{ hi }3

 
364.  

ocü1 li 2 - {i }

-no2
   

{}

 
    from2 the3 house1  
       
   

{ hi }3

 
   

sübvü1 -li 2 - {i }

-no4
   

{}

 
    from2 the1 box3  
       

 

  he, the comitative  marker  
       
   

{ hi }5

 
365 a.

 a12 korü3 he4 - {i }

bu-e6
   

{}

 
       
   

my1 house2 is 6 near 4 the5 river3

 
       
   

{ hi }6

 

 

b.

pfo1 na2 pfo3 cümüi4 he5 - {i }

bu-e7
   

{}

 
       
    his1 son2 is7 with5 his2 wife4  
       
   

{ hi }4

 

 

c.

raka1 ahikho2 he3 - {i }

bu-e5
   

{}

 
       
    the money1 is5 with3 Athikho2  

Individuates precede the case markers of ergative, instrumental, sociative marked by akuo, and preferably, but not exclusively, the (disyllabic) benefactive cases. no, the ergative case marker :

{ hi }

366 a

 modo kapi-na - {i }

-no

{}

the teacher...’

{ hi }

 

b.

omüi-na - {i }

-no

{}

‘the man...’
no, the instrumental case marker.

{ hi }2

367 a

piko1 -na - {i }

-no3

{}

with3 the2 knife1

{ hi }2

b.

oba1 -na - {i }

-no 3

{}

with3 the2 hand[s]1
akuo, the sociative case marker.

{ hi }2

368 a.

 modo kapio- [yi]1 - {i }

akuo3

{}

with3 the 2 teacher1

{ hi }2

b.

omüi -na- [yi]- 1 {i }

akuo3

{}

with3 the2 man1
duno, the benefactive case marker

{ hi }2

369

a1 cümüi {i }

duno3

{}

‘for my wife’

{ hi }2

a1 cümüi2 du 3 {i }

-no3
   

{}

 

 
 

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