Alternation ‘Direct Passivization Promoting O-marked argument’ (Coded)

This can be done with the addition of the passive morpheme -(r)are. The erstwhile accusative object is promoted to the nominative case; the demoted subject is only realized otionally and is marked with -ni, -niyotte, or -kara.

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