>From: daniel andreasson <danielandreasson@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>
>Once upon a time, Rinya had like a million cases. These
>are the names I used, and the functions they had. The more
>unusual ones come at the end. It might give you some ideas.
>
>nominative subject
>accusative direct object
>dative indirect object; to, for
>genitive ownership (with or without possession)
>possessive possession (without ownership)
>partitive part of X, some, not all of
>inessive the inside of something; in
>elative movement from inessive; out of, from
>illative movement to inessive; into
>adessive being close or on something; on, at
>ablative movement from adessive; from
>allative movement to adessive; to
>abessive without, lacking
>concomitant opposite of abessive; have
>essive indicates a roll; as, like
>prolative through
>translative indicates change of roll; become
>comitative expresses with whom X is located;
> with, together with
>instrumental the instrument with which something is
> done or the reason why something happens.
> Denotes agent or origin of action; with,
> by means of, through
>subessive under, below
>superessive on top of, over, above
>superlative movement ro superessive; to the top of
>aversive what is to be feared or avoided.
>comparative 'than' in comparisons
>transative across, to the other side, over
>interessive between, among
>selative along
>perlative during
>postessive behind, after
>antessive in front of, before
>ultraessive beyond
>sublative in under (movement towards subessive)
>circessive around
>contraessive against
>coressive (time) on the eve of, at, near at hand.
> E.g. X-mas near at hand.
>extraessive outside (opposite of inessive)
>exessive according to
>juxtessive beside
>obessive because of, for (in the sense: 'Do it for
> John'.) [this should rather be "benefactive",
> shouldn't it?]
>
>||| daniel
>
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