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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
locative en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (India, South) audio
- (US) audio
- lō′kə-tĭv
- lō-kā′tĭv
- /ˈloʊ.kə.tɪv/ (General-American)
- /ˈlɑk.ə.tɪv/ (General-American)
- lŏk′ə-tĭv
- /lɵˈkeʈɪv/ (South-Asia)
- /ˈlɒk.ə.tɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Latin locātīvus, from locus. In Indian English, by surface analysis, locate + -ive.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein.
the locative case of a noun
a locative adjective
Deriveds
locative absolute · locative adverb · locativize · locative-qualitative case · nonlocative · locatively
locative en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (India, South) audio
- (US) audio
- lō′kə-tĭv
- lō-kā′tĭv
- /ˈloʊ.kə.tɪv/ (General-American)
- /ˈlɑk.ə.tɪv/ (General-American)
- lŏk′ə-tĭv
- /lɵˈkeʈɪv/ (South-Asia)
- /ˈlɒk.ə.tɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Latin locātīvus, from locus. In Indian English, by surface analysis, locate + -ive.
Meanings
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The locative case.
Brian: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the… accusative! Accusative! Ah! Domum, sir! Ad domum! Ah! Oooh! Ah!
Centurion: Except that domus takes the…?
Brian: The locative, sir!
Centurion: Which is…?!
1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian:
Forms
Deriveds
translocative · cislocative