The instrument(-subject) alternation is possible for every verb that can take an instrument, e.g. ó wá-hdahɨ́-nú-hi (; 1.SG/INST:HIT-cut-MULT.TRANS-PRED) ‘I cut’ vs. pɨdójowa wáh-dahɨ́-nú-hi (knife/INST:HIT-cut-MULT.TRANS-PRED) ‘the knife cuts’. The instrument is promoted to subject position. It does not matter, wheather it had instrumantal, ablative or allative marking in the basic frame.
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