| 4.8.3 Instrumental case |
| Structure: N. St ± Inl + |
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 - ø occurs after the inanimate nouns ending in -a. If -ø is followed by any suffix like -indu, ablative case marker, -li, the other instrumental case marker is suffixed to -ø
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| pola-t-ø |
> |
(R. 24) |
polatu |
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'land' (Inst) |
to: a-t-ø |
> |
(R. 24) |
to:atu |
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'garden' (Inst) |
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na:nu avene ka:gadatu areyinje
1 2 3 4 |
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'I beat him in the paper'
1 4 2 3 |
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-li occurs elsewhere. |
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avene to:kili kollu
1 2 3 |
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'Kill him with the gun'
3 1 2 |
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na:nu muili kallune uece
1 2 3 4 |
