itive
Synonym of andative.
Adjective
- Synonym of andative.
- The itive aspectizers express a totalizing of the action. - 1993, George van Driem, A Grammar of Dumi, page 210:
- […] in other words, the itive verb here signals narrative dissonance, with all the attendant effects […] - 2003, Roberta Facchinetti, Frank Palmer, Manfred Krug, Modality in Contemporary English, page 121:
Synonyms: andative
Origin
From Latin itus (“gone”), perfect passive participle of eō (“to go”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”) + -ive.