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==== Person indices ====
==== Person indices ====
All verbs can take the following sets of person-indexing affixes. There are three sets of person indices: the absolutive set, the ergative set, and dative set. The absolutive set indexes the subject of an intransitive verb and direct object of a transitive verb. The ergative set indexes the subject of a transitive verb. The dative set indexes the person of a dative argument in a clause.
All verbs can take the following sets of person-indexing affixes. There are three sets of person indices: the absolutive set, the ergative set, and dative set. The absolutive set indexes the subject of an intransitive verb and direct object of a transitive verb. The ergative set indexes the subject of a transitive verb. The dative set indexes the person of a dative argument in a clause. The absolutive set is indexed as follows: ''-en(a)-'' for the first person singular (from the absolutive first person singular pronoun ''en''), ''-t(u)-'' for the second person singular (from the absolutive second person singular person pronoun ''tu''), ''-m(a)-'' for the masculine third person singular (from the absolutive third person masculine singular pronoun ''mai'')
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! colspan="2" |2p
! colspan="2" |2p
|'''-t(u)'''
|'''-t(u)-'''
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! rowspan="3" |3p
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!<small>neutral</small>
!<small>neutral</small>
|'''-k(e)-'''
!''''''
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! rowspan="3" |Paucal
! rowspan="3" |Paucal