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Noun
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A grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative languages.

See Also
ergative transitive verb absolutive case grammatical case agent language
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Rhyming Words
ase base ease rase wase nase sase vase tase case kase lase mase jase mease dbase tease pease ukase dease
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