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tritransitive

adj, noun — 2 senses

tritransitive

adj

Etymology From tri- + transitive.

1

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Of or relating to a class of verbs or constructions which take three objects.

  • The preceding examples show that it is possible to derive applicative constructions from ditransitive bases. The resulting derivations are tritransitive applicative constructions.2016, Jean Josephine Chavula, Verbal Derivation and Valency in Citumbuka, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 114:

tritransitive

noun

Etymology From tri- + transitive.

1

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A verb or construction which takes three objects.

  • Although these operations can convert a transitive into a ditransitive through the addition of verbal extensions, these operations may not convert a ditransitive into a tri-transitive.1992, Camillia N. Keach, Michael Rochemont, “On the syntax of possessor raising in Swahili”, in Studies in African Linguistics, volume 23, number 1, →DOI, page 93:

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