reversive
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Adjective
[edit]reversive (not comparable)
- (linguistics) Designating the reversion of an action.
- 2000, Maria Soukka, A descriptive grammar of Noon: a Cangin language of Senegal:
- The reversive suffix only occurs with quite a small number of verbs that all denote an action of placing an object in a certain position, which is inherently reversible […]