Prolative
The prolative (also vialis ) is an adverbial case z. B. in Finno-Ugric languages, which expresses a way in which something can move or be sent. It also describes the mode of transport, especially in Finnish.
Ural languages
Enzisch
In Enzischen the prolative case different endings depending on the dialect has, namely -'one or -one . So here are a few examples - first the post position without a supplement and then with a prefixed noun, if this can be found in the list. Otherwise only the example with noun appears.
- iro'one , i l o'one , iroon "down along"; pe 'iroon "along under the tree"
- kio'one , kod'e'one , keon "along the side, close by"; moga 'keon "along the forest"
- moga 'ḿion "through the forest", mōga meon "through the forest, along the forest"
Finnish
In Finnish , the prolative has the ending -tse. The ending is used in both the plural and the singular . z. B. postitse = "by post". Singular forms are rarely used.
Eskimo-Aleut languages
The vialis is the equivalent of the prolative in Eskimo-Aleut languages .
Vialis
In Greenland Vialis has the ending in the singular -kkut and plural then the ending -tigut . An example of this is umiarsuakkut "by ship".
Isolated languages
Basque
Also the Basque uses the prolative case. It expresses the idea of "think for", "see as" or "presuppose". It is formed by adding the suffix -tzat to the absolute .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Richard H. Kölbl: Kauderwelsch Volume 204, Greenlandic word for word , ISBN 3-89416-373-9 , p. 37
- ↑ a b Further examples can be found in the book "Finnish Grammar" by Martin Putz, on page 92.
- ↑ According to "Jenissej-Samojedisches (Enzisches) vocabulary", by Michael Katzschmann and János Pusztay, pages 17, 58–59, 94–95 and 118.
- ^ German-language page on adverbial cases in Finnish
- ↑ Cf. Christiane Bendel: Basque Grammar. Buske, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-87548-419-3 , p. 69.