ergative-absolutive
Being or relating to a language where the single argument of an intransitive verb…Being or relating to a language where the single argument (subject) of an intransitive verb behaves like the object of a transitive verb, and differently from the agent of a transitive verb.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Being or relating to a language where the single argument (subject) of an intransitive verb behaves like the object of a transitive verb, and differently from the agent of a transitive verb.
Translations
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