Alternation ‘IO passive’ (Coded)

The passive predicate is formed through suffixation of /rare/. IO passivization causes the promotion of the indirect object into subject position and the demotion of the subject. The demoted subject is case-marked with the dative case particle =ni or the complex case particle =niyotte. The direct object remains in accusative.

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