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andatives

andatives is the plural of andative.

Meaning of andative

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

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Questions about andatives

What is andatives the plural of?
Andatives is the plural of andative.

Words near andatives in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: andatives (page history and authors); andative (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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