Alternation ‘Decausative’

Decausative forms denoting spontaneous situations NOT involving Agents derived by means of the suffix -v/-p/-mu (homonymous with the passive marker) are formed, for instance, from the following transitives: mana- 'finish' - mana-v-/mana-p- 'finish (intr.)', ula- 'soak' - ula-v-/ula-p- 'soak (intr.)', ni- 'open' - ni-v- 'open (intr.)', sukcha- 'break' - sukcha-v- 'break (intr.)', dasi- 'close' - dasi-v- 'close (intr.)', uchi- 'twirl', 'roll up', 'wind' - uchi-v- 'wind (intr.)', soli- 'mix (up)' - soli-p- 'become mixed up/confused', si:- put/ blow out (fire)' - si:-v- 'go out' (of fire), e.g.

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