venitive

English

Etymology

From Latin veniō (“I come, I approach”).

Adjective

venitive (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of a word, particle, or inflection) Indicating motion to or toward a thing.
   • 2007, Loretta O’Connor, Motion, Transfer and Transformation: The grammar of change in Lowland Chontal, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 131:

     The venitive suffix associates an event of ‘motion to or toward’ to the main verb.

Coordinate terms

• andative

Noun

venitive (plural venitives)

1. (grammar) A grammatical word, particle, or inflection that indicates motion to or toward a thing; or, the indication so provided.
   • 1994, Joan L. Bybee, Revere Dale Perkins, and William Pagliuca, The evolution of grammar: tense, aspect, and modality in the languages of the world, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, pages 11–12:

     […] a derivational suffix indicating ‘movement toward the speaker or deictic center’. […] a derivational venitive […]