Alternation ‘Benefactive/possession of U (+gi)’ (Coded)

By adding the applicative morpheme (-)gi- to the verb an additional undergoer slot is opened up. The undergoer slot thus created is most commonly filled with a beneficiary-like argument. In rare cases this slot can also be filled with a maleficiary argument. This operation is almost always valency increasing, however, the same operation can also be used to simply express a possessed U, in this latter case the addition of gi- may not increase the valency of the base verb.

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