"Mark J. Reed" wrote:
> 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"
Hungarian uses "superessive". I would construct several of the others
by analogy.
> > according to
> > after, behind
> Either of these could be the "secundive" . . .
> > against
> contrative
or apudessive? contra-essive? Do you mean "at, touching the outside of"
or "right across some boundary from" or "in combative opposition to"?
> > around
> circative
circumessive
> > before, in front of, prior to
> prelative
anteessive?
> > between
> interlocative
or interessive
> > during
> dumative
or dumessive
> > near to
> juxtative
proximessive?
> > of (=containing, e.g. group of people)
> habientive
Or compositive?
> > outside of
> extrative
I think this is like the Finnish adessive. (Contrasted with inessive, inside of.)
> > under
> subterative
Or subessive?
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Jim Henry
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