andative

adj, noun — 2 senses

andative

adj
1

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Indicating motion away from something.

Coordinate terms
venitive

andative

noun
1

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A grammatical word, particle, or inflection that indicates motion away from something; or, the indication so provided.

  • However, most of the andatives and venitives in our database do not have future as a use. Bernd Heine (p.c.) reports that andative and venitive are usually derivational in African languages and occur in different types of constructions than movement-futures (see also Heine and Reh, 1984:142).1991, Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Approaches to Grammaticalization, volume 2, page 49:

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