A = Agent; B = Beneficiary; O = Object in nonergative clause; P = Patient in ergative clause abs = absolutive, characterised by the ending –i/e in almost all nouns; plural: -ina/ena erg = ergative, characterised by the ending –(ne)s; plural –nasus inessive/illative – a case indicating motion into/on to (illative) as well location in, suffix –n(e)/-n(i) preterg = ergative preterite, 3rd person characterised by the ending –ùm in singular and –idu in plural