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itive

/iːtɪv/

itive adjective: synonym of andative.

Adjective

itive (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of andative.
    • The itive aspectizers express a totalizing of the action.1993, George van Driem, A Grammar of Dumi, page 210
    • […] in other words, the itive verb here signals narrative dissonance, with all the attendant effects […]2003, Roberta Facchinetti, Frank Palmer, Manfred Krug, Modality in Contemporary English, page 121
    Synonyms:
    andative

Synonyms of itive

Origin of itive

From Latin itus (“gone”), perfect passive participle of eō (“to go”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”) + -ive.

Questions about itive

What does itive mean?
Itive means synonym of andative.
What part of speech is itive?
Itive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce itive?
Itive is pronounced /iːtɪv/.

Words near itive in the dictionary

  1. Itingen
  2. ITINs
  3. itinually
  4. itis
  5. itises
  6. itive
  7. itjaritjari
  8. ITK
  9. itll
  10. ITM
  11. ITMA

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