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'''Equative''' is a case with the meaning of comparison, or likening. The equative case has been used in very few languages in history. It was used in the [[Sumerian language]]. |
'''Equative''' is a case with the meaning of comparison, or likening. The equative case has been used in very few languages in history.[{cn}}<!--what about -ago in Latin?--> It was used in the [[Sumerian language]]. |
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In Sumerian, the equative was formed by adding the suffix -gin<sub>7</sub> to the end of a noun phrase: |
In Sumerian, the equative was formed by adding the suffix -gin<sub>7</sub> to the end of a noun phrase: |
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:''lugal'', "king"; ''lugal-gin''<sub>7</sub>, "kinglike", "like a king" |
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:''nitah-kalaga''; "mighty man"; ''nitah-kalaga-gin''<sub>7</sub>, "like a mighty man" |
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nitah-kalaga - 'mighty man', nitah-kalaga-gin<sub>7</sub> - 'like a mighty man' |
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In [[Ossetic language|Ossetic]] it is formed by the ending -ау [aw]: |
In [[Ossetic language|Ossetic]] it is formed by the ending -ау [aw]: |
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:''фæт'', "arrow"; ''фæтау'', "arrowlike" |
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:''Ницы фенæгау йæхи акодта'', lit. "nothingseer-like himself made" ("[he or she] pretended to see nothing"). |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 00:08, 10 September 2008
Equative is a case with the meaning of comparison, or likening. The equative case has been used in very few languages in history.[{cn}} It was used in the Sumerian language.
In Sumerian, the equative was formed by adding the suffix -gin7 to the end of a noun phrase:
- lugal, "king"; lugal-gin7, "kinglike", "like a king"
- nitah-kalaga; "mighty man"; nitah-kalaga-gin7, "like a mighty man"
In Ossetic it is formed by the ending -ау [aw]:
- фæт, "arrow"; фæтау, "arrowlike"
- Ницы фенæгау йæхи акодта, lit. "nothingseer-like himself made" ("[he or she] pretended to see nothing").