ergative
adjective
er·ga·tive
ˈər-gə-tiv 
: of, relating to, or being a language (such as Inuit or Georgian) in which the objects of transitive verbs and subjects of intransitive verbs are typically marked by the same linguistic forms
also
: being an inflectional morpheme that typically marks the subject of a transitive verb in an ergative language
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“Ergative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ergative. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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