Alternation ‘Equipollent Causal’ (Coded)

In this alternation, the causal alternant is formed by replacing the final -te by -ta. There are cases in which the alternation causes a change in the verbal form, those are the cases of verbs ending on -ke: e.g. waake 'to be dry' > waacha 'to dry something'; yejte 'to sit (down)' > yecha 'to seat'.

Verb Meaning Verb form Basic coding frame Derived coding frame Occurs Comment # Ex.