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 ====Locatives====
-The ending for the locative is '''-bi''', but, like  the [[#Instrumental/comitative|instrumental]], the locative features a semantic allophonic variant. Namely the unvoiced version '''-pi''' carries the basic semantic of '''on''' or '''at''', while the voiced variant '''-bi''' has the semantic '''in''' or '''between'''. The meanings, when needed, are complemented by certain [[#Postpositions|postpositions]].
+The locative case has the ending '''-bi''' or '''-pi''', which [[#Ratio casuum|comes from]] the root '''bwy''', "place".
+It is used in the following way:
+*As a pure locative
+Like  the [[#Instrumental/comitative|instrumental]], the locative features a semantic allophonic variant. Namely the voiced variant '''-bi''' has the semantic '''in''' or '''between''', while the unvoiced version '''-pi''' carries the basic semantic of '''on''' or '''at'''. The meanings, when needed, are complemented by certain [[#Postpositions|postpositions]].
 Examples:
 :root '''bls''', "snow":
+balá'''žbi''' áldawon
+snow.'''in''' play.impf.3.pl
+they are playing '''in''' the snow
 balá'''špi''' áytawon
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-balá'''žbi''' áldawon
+With other phonemes at the end, for instance:
-snow.'''in''' play.impf.3.pl
+mwokí'''mbi''' kórowin
-they are playing '''in''' the snow
+dog.pl.'''on''' worms
+there are worms '''in''' dogs (idiomatically, dogs have worms)
-With other phonemes at the end, for instance:
 :root '''mwk''', "dog", => plural: '''mowokín'''
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 there are fleas '''on''' dogs (idiomatically the dogs have fleas)
-mwokí'''mbi''' kórowin
-dog.pl.'''on''' worms
-there are worms '''in''' dogs (idiomatically, dogs have worms)
 ====Instrumental/comitative====