Re: Case names help
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 10, 2004, 21:11 |
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On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 03:49:22PM -0400, Trebor Jung wrote:
> My language Kosi is very agglutinative, and I don't want to use
> postpositions. It has about twenty cases right now, but I don't have names
> for the following case-meanings. Could someone please help me with their
> scientific names?
>
> above, over
superlative? :) Kidding, but maybe not really (see "comparative"
below). None of these is official, btw. Just making them up off the
top of my head as suggestions . . .
> according to
> after, behind
Either of these could be the "secundive" . . .
> against
contrative
> around
circative
> before, in front of, prior to
prelative
> between
interlocative
> compared to
Despite its overloaded meaning, "comparative" seems logical here.
> down to (delative(?))
Sounds good.
> during
dumative
> far from
proculative
> in exchange for
permutative
> instead of
inlocative? Although much potential confusion with interlocative above.
> near to
juxtative
> of (=containing, e.g. group of people)
habientive
> outside of
extrative
> pertaining to
pertinentive
> similar to
similitive
> under
subterative
> up to
usquative, or perhaps ascendentive
-Marcos
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