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absolutive

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ab·so·lu·tive  (bs-ltv)
adj.
Of or relating to the grammatical case in ergative languages of the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb.
n.
1. The absolutive case.
2. An absolutive inflection.
3. A nominal having an absolutive form.
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Chhathare Limbu includes the following cases: Absolutive: Absolutive is a term used in grammatical description of languages, which has an ergative system.
Case markers in the Chhathare Limbu by Tumbahang, Govinda B. / Contributions to Nepalese Studies
The verb is subcategorised as in (6): 6) send {P;N/{erg} {abs} {loc} } That is, it is a non-auxiliary verb ({P:N}) which takes an ergative (agentive), absolutive (neutral) and a locative as complements, with this complementation being specified to the right of the slash in (6).
Only connect by Anderson, John B. / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
m as ergative versus absolutive k, m as active versus middle or passive k, m as active versus stative k.
On the Uralic verbal personal (*)k-markers/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ... by Kunnap, Ago / Linguistica Uralica
 
 
 
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