For those who don't know, dechticaetiativity is like ergativity but for objects and indirect objects, so that the direct object of a monotransitive verb and the indirect of a ditransitive verb are marked the same, and the direct object of a ditransitive verb is marked in the dechticaetiative case.
I bought a book → I bought a book.acc
I bought you a book → I bought you.acc a book.decht
Serial verb constructions are constructions where two verbs cooperate to provide more meaning, such as
he take knife cut meat → he cuts the meat with the knife
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