Some three-place verbs (e.g. wayabs 'show') allow alternative frames: in the more basic construction it is the theme which is indexed on the verb; in the derived one it is the recipient. Case choice in flagging remains unchanged. The diathetic prefi (w)a- is added in the dervied recipient-agreement construction. Unlike other diathetic prefixes, this is not always present in infinitives (though it is in some, such as in the alternation tembs 'feed', watembs 'feed up for, fatten up for' (e.g. a pig to be given as a gift).
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