Glossary of Linguistic Terms

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
Source: 
Sebeok 1946
17
Lyons 1968
299-301
Hakulinen 1961
70
Gove 1966
813, 2429

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.

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Glossary Hierarchy

  • Grammatical Category
  • Case
  • Translative Case