reversive
English
Etymology
reverse + -ive
Adjective
reversive (not comparable)
- (linguistics) Designating the reversion of an action.
- 2000, Maria Soukka, A descriptive grammar of Noon: a Cangin language of Senegal
- The reversive suffix only occurs with quite a small number of verbs that all denote an action of placing an object in a certain position, which is inherently reversible […]
- 2000, Maria Soukka, A descriptive grammar of Noon: a Cangin language of Senegal