andative

English

Adjective

andative (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Indicating motion away from something.

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Noun

andative (plural andatives)

  1. (grammar) A grammatical word, particle, or inflection that indicates motion away from something; or, the indication so provided.
    • 1991, Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Approaches to Grammaticalization, volume 2, page 49:
      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).

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