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ab·so·lu·tive  audio  (bs-ltv) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Of or relating to the grammatical case in ergative languages of the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb.
NOUN:
  1. The absolutive case.
  2. An absolutive inflection.
  3. A nominal having an absolutive form.



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