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endoactive

endoactive adjective: being or relating to a kind of verb where an action operates in or on the subject, similar to the middle voice.

Adjective

endoactive (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to a kind of verb where an action operates in or on the subject, similar to the middle voice.
    • ‘Endoactive’ is similar to the 'middle voice' in some IE languages: the action was conceived as operating in or on the subject; in the exoactive, the verbal action was directed outward from the subject (R.L. Palmer, The Latin Language, 1987: 262).2007, Axel Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 39

Antonyms of endoactive

Origin of endoactive

From endo- + active.

Questions about endoactive

What does endoactive mean?
Endoactive means being or relating to a kind of verb where an action operates in or on the subject, similar to the middle voice.
What part of speech is endoactive?
Endoactive is an adjective.

Words near endoactive in the dictionary

  1. endo-arabinanase
  2. endo-arabinanases
  3. endo-isomer
  4. endo-isomers
  5. endoabdominal
  6. endoactive
  7. endoamnioscopy
  8. endoamylase
  9. endoamylases
  10. endoanal
  11. endoanecic

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