a fixed-case strategy in comparative constructions in which there is a clause which attributes a gradable predicative scale to the comparee, and the standard is expressed as an oblique argument phrase with a spatial flag with an ablative (from) meaning. Example: Mundari sadom-ete hati mananga-i The elephant is bigger than the horse is an instance of the separative comparative -- hati mananga-i asserts that the elephant is big, and sadom-ete expresses the standard, the horse, with a suffix -ete meaning from. (Section 17.2.2)