Gender[subj]: gender agreement with subject
Gender[subj]
Finite verbs in many Indo-European languages agree in person and number with their subject.
Some languages in other families are head-marking, which means that the verbal morphology can cross-reference
multiple core arguments, not just the subject. If the cross-reference involves the Gender of the argument,
we have two layers of Gender on the verb: Gender[subj], and (for transitive verbs) Gender[obj].
While it would be possible to make the subject layer the default and use just Gender for it,
the explicit labeling of both layers is probably more helpful in such languages, as it can reduce confusion.
In Basque (a polypersonal language), certain verbs overtly mark agreement with up to three arguments: one in the absolutive case, one in ergative and one in dative. Thus in dakarkiogu “we bring it to him/her”, akar is the stem (ekarri = “bring”), d stands for “it” (absolutive argument is the direct object of transitive verbs), ki stands for the dative case, o stands for “he” and gu stands for “we” (ergative argument is the subject of transitive verbs).
In the informal register, there are also separate forms for masculine and feminine arguments, although gender is otherwise not distinguished in Basque.
Gender[erg]is the gender of the ergative argument of the verb. The corresponding feature in Interset 2.041 is callederggender.Gender[dat]is the gender of the dative argument of the verb. The corresponding feature in Interset 2.041 is calleddatgender.
Masc: masculine subject
Examples: [eu] ukan ezak “have it” Gender[erg]=Masc|Number[abs]=Sing|Number[erg]=Sing|Person[abs]=3|Person[erg]=2|Polite[erg]=Inf
(imperative addressing a man)
Fem: feminine subject
Examples: [eu] ukan ezan “have it” Gender[erg]=Fem|Number[abs]=Sing|Number[erg]=Sing|Person[abs]=3|Person[erg]=2|Polite[erg]=Inf
(imperative addressing a woman)