With optional case tags, the arguments of a predicate can be put in non-standard order. The case tags listed below in the table are semantic case tags; another set of case tags are non-semantic and based on the standard order of the arguments of the unconverted predicate: zua = ‘the normally first argument’; zue = ‘the normally second argument’; zui = ‘the normally third argument’; zuo = ‘the normally fourth argument’; and zuu = ‘the normally fifth argument’.
beu | B | Bekti | (object) | ‘-/in’ | Patients, Parts, Properties |
cau | C | Canli | (quantity) | ‘by/for’ | Quantities, Amounts, Values |
dio | D | Dirco | (direction) | ‘to/for’ | Recipients, Beneficiaries, Destinations |
foa | F | Folma | (full) | ‘in/of’ | Wholes, Sets, Collectivities |
jui | J | Junti | (young) | ‘than’ | Lessers in greater/lesser than relations |
kao | K | Kakto | (act) | ‘-/by’ | Actors, Agents, Doers |
neu | N | Nerbi | (necessary) | ‘under’ | Conditions, Fields, Circumstances |
pou | P | Proju | (produce) | ‘-’ | Products, Outputs, Purposes |
goa | G | Groda | (big) | ‘than’ | Greaters in greater/lesser than relations |
sau | S | Satci | (start) | ‘from’ | Sources, Origins, Reasons, Causes |
veu | V | Vetci | (event) | ‘by/via’ | Events, States, Deeds, Means, Routes, Effects |