Antessive

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Indicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something. not-comparable

    "An antessive case is found in some Dravidian languages."

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"An antessive case is found in some Dravidian languages."

Etymology

From ante- + essive.

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