Nominal phrase format
Relative clauses - Genitive phrases - Noun - Adjectives - Number - Postposition
Postpositions
Kotic uses postpositions to denote grammatical roles.
Postpositions are placed after a noun phrase, after any adjectives.
As it has ergative-absolutive alignment, the absolutive is marked by the lack of a postposition.
Ergative | ha
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Absolutive/Genitive | ∅
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Dative/Benefactive | ya
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Instrumental | qu
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Ablative ('from off') | sât
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Elative ('out of') | 'am
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Inessive ('in') | zi
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Adessive ('on') | 'e
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Illative ('into') | row
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Allative ('onto') | kha
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Essive ('as') | ga
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Comitative | jo |
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