Editing Manchu language (section)

=====Ablative=====
(''ci''): indicates the origin of an action or the basis for a comparison.<ref name=":2" />

That can be the starting point in space or time:
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|boo-'''ci''' tuci-ke
|house-ABL go.away-PAST
|"(Someone) went away from the house"}}

It can also be used to compare objects:
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|''ere'' erin '''ci''' oyonggo ningge akū
|this time ABL important NMLZ COP.NEG
|"There is no time more important than the present"}}

In Classical Manchu, there was also a case marker ''deri'', which has been said to have more or less the same ablative uses as ''ci''; in Xibe, however, it differs from ''ci'' by being specialized for the expression of comparison:
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|encu hehe-ši {(ma. hehe-si)} '''deri''' fulu tua-mbi {(ma. tuwa-mbi)}
|other woman-PL {} from better consider-IMPERF {}
|"(He) began to consider her better than other women"<ref name=":2" />}}