exopassive

adj, noun — 4 senses

exopassive

adj

Etymology From exo- + passive.

› Being or relating to the passive voice of…

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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Rare, Of a verb Affecting the subject of the passive voice construction.

  • Exopassive verbs are viewed as directed towards the passive subject: 'to be beaten' naitake, 'to be fed' naimusa, 'to be given something' naitula.2002 February 10, Kala Tunu, “Tunu verbal system LONG”, in Conlang Mailing List, retrieved 14 Sep 2016:
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Rare, Of a noun Derived from a transitive verb, indicating the object affected.

  • An ‘exopassive’ of a transitive verb, according to Schuessler, may be a noun meaning "the thing that has been verb-ed", so that since *suk means ‘to lodge’, *sukh means ‘what is lodged in’—or, we may say, ‘a lodge’ (Schuessler 2007: 45).2011, Christopher Cullen, “Translating 宿 *sukh/xiu and 舍 *lhah/she—'lunar lodges', or just plain 'lodges'?”, in East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine, volume 33, page 88:
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Rare Allowing exoelectron emission.

  • When powder materials with conductive exopassive admixtures (graphite) are used the double peak around 250°C may be convenient for the main dose read out and the double peak around 450°C for dose information storage only.1971, G. Holzapfel, E. Cryssou, “Exoelectronic Properties of Al₂O₃-Solids”, in Vagn Mejdahl, editor, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Luminescence Dosimetry, Risø, →ISBN:

exopassive

noun

Etymology From exo- + passive.

1

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Rare A verb with passive form, indicating the state of or action toward the subject of the passive voice construction.

  • [For endopassives,] unlike exopassives, the hypothetical subject of the simplex is grammatically and semantically not available2007, Axel Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 48:
Related terms
endoactive, endopassive, exoactive

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