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Glossary term T

Translative Case

Definition

Translative case is a case indicating that the referent of the noun, or the quality of the adjective, that it marks is the result of a process of change.

Examples

(Finnish)

The suffix -ksi indicates translative case, as in the following examples:

  • Naapurini tuli rikkaaksi ‘my neighbor became rich’

  • suli vedeksi ‘melted into water’

See also

Referent Adjective

Sources 4

  1. Sebeok 1946, 17
  2. Lyons 1968, 299-301
  3. Hakulinen 1961, 70
  4. Gove 1966, 813, 2429
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