V > A > (jiʔį̄+)P <> y-V > S; <> y-V > E/R > (jiʔį̄+)M/T; The intransitivizer prefix y- is added to a transitive or active root. In some cases, like 'eat', the result is semantically an anticausative. In other cases, the A argument does the action with less desire or volition - i.e. less actively. Only two verbs in the sample set undergo this alternation, but there are perhaps 10 more. The verbs 'buy', 'sell', and 'pay' all undergo this alternation.
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