Terminative

The terminative is a local case . It describes the movement to a goal (term) .

In Sumerian

In Sumerology , the term has become established for a case that often indicates the direction to a goal.

Example:

ki-bi- še	baninĝar
To be place terminative	he put it there
"He put it in its place"

In Finno-Ugric

The terminative also occurs in some Finno-Ugric languages . It can be reproduced in German with the preposition to .

In Hungarian

In Hungarian the terminative ends in -ig ; z. B. ház ig "to the house".

The suffix -ig also expresses a time termination; z. B. kedd ig "until Tuesday".

Note that this suffix cannot be used with personal pronouns ("up to me").

Demonstrative pronouns are given a dd  : ez + -ig → eddig and az + -ig → addig . The associated question word (“until where?” Or “until when?”) Is meddig .

In Estonian

In Estonian the terminative ends in -ni or in the plural in -teni or -deni ; z. B. piiri ni "to the border", maja ni "to the house", maja deni "to the houses".

In Mongolian languages

In Kalmyk the terminative with the ending -ča or -če has been preserved; z. B. χōlā čā "up to the neck". It is seldom seen today.

In Basque

In Basque , the terminative has the endings -raino (inanimat) and -a (ren) ganaino (animat) in the singular, and -etaraino and -enganaino in the plural; z. B. muga raino "to the limit", ni ganaino "to me". The terminative can only be used locally in Basque, not temporally.

In Tibetan

In Tibetan , the terminative belongs to the 8-part case system . It has the following endings: -ru, -su, -tu, -du, -r.