Synonym(s):

• absolutive case

Type(s) of:

• case₁

Antonym(s):

• ergative

Source(s):

TRASK 19933
CRYSTAL 20032
COLLINGE 199095
KROEGER 2005341
DIXON 19941, 10
DIK 1978159
LEHMANN 1992106
COMRIE 198153
ANDERSON 197738
GIVON 1984151
MATTHEWS 19973
DIK I 1997284-285
CROFT 1990102

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