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andative

andative adjective: indicating motion away from something.

Adjective

andative (not comparable)

  1. Indicating motion away from something.

Noun

andative (plural andatives)

  1. A grammatical word, particle, or inflection that indicates motion away from something; or, the indication so provided.
    • However, most of the andatives and venitives in our database do not have future as a use. Bernd Heine (p.c.) reports that andative and venitive are usually derivational in African languages and occur in different types of constructions than movement-futures (see also Heine and Reh, 1984:142).1991, Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Approaches to Grammaticalization, volume 2, page 49

Forms of andative

pluralandatives

Questions about andative

What does andative mean?
Andative means indicating motion away from something.
What part of speech is andative?
Andative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near andative in the dictionary

  1. andarte
  2. andartes
  3. Andas
  4. Andaste
  5. Andastes
  6. andative
  7. andatives
  8. Andaya
  9. Andayas
  10. Andazola
  11. Andazolas

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