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absolutive
[ ab-suh-loo-tiv ]
adjective
- noting or pertaining to the grammatical case or inflectional form of the subject of an intransitive verb and the direct object of a transitive verb in an ergative language such as Inuit.
noun
- an absolutive form of a word in an ergative language.
- the absolutive case.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of absolutive1
First recorded in 1860–65; absolut(e) ( def ) + -ive ( def )
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Example Sentences
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Mi di, e.g., “man this, the man†is an absolutive form which may be used as the subject of an intransitive verb.
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