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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

adverbative en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ædˈvɝbətɪv/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ədˈvɜːbətɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English adverb Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English adverbative From adverb + -ative.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Functioning as an adverb; adverbial.
    • "Verbs have an adverbative form made by attaching -게 to the base." 2002, Ross King et al., Continuing Korean, page 211: