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obj:appl: applied direct object

Valency of a verb can be increased by an applicative suffix -ba. A new object is introduced with a semantic role that would be otherwise coded as an oblique dependent. If the verb was intransitive, the new object will have the obj:appl relation.

Tita ge ǁnā khoena sîsenba tama hâ . \n I DECL that people work_for not PFV .
obj:appl(sîsenba, khoena)
obj:appl(work_for, people)

obj:appl in other languages: [naq] [wo]