venitive
English
Etymology
From Latin veniō (“I come, I approach”).
Adjective
venitive (not comparable)
- (grammar, of a word, particle, or inflection) Indicating motion to or toward a thing.
- 2007, Loretta O’Connor, Motion, Transfer and Transformation: The grammar of change in Lowland Chontal, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 131:
- The venitive suffix associates an event of ‘motion to or toward’ to the main verb.
- 2007, Loretta O’Connor, Motion, Transfer and Transformation: The grammar of change in Lowland Chontal, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 131:
Coordinate terms
- andative
Noun
venitive (plural venitives)
- (grammar) A grammatical word, particle, or inflection that indicates motion to or toward a thing; or, the indication so provided.
- 1994, Joan L. Bybee, Revere Dale Perkins, and William Pagliuca, The evolution of grammar: tense, aspect, and modality in the languages of the world, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, pages 11–12:
- […] a derivational suffix indicating ‘movement toward the speaker or deictic center’. […] a derivational venitive […]
- 1994, Joan L. Bybee, Revere Dale Perkins, and William Pagliuca, The evolution of grammar: tense, aspect, and modality in the languages of the world, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, pages 11–12: