sublative

English

noun
Definitions
  • (grammar) A case of nouns in Finno-Ugric languages used to express the destination of movement, originally onto the surface of something (e.g. climb onto a tree), and, by extension, in other figurative meanings as well (e.g. to university).

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (bear, endure, undergo, carry, ground, bottom, suffer, support).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*telh₂-

Gloss

bear, endure, undergo, carry, ground, bottom, suffer, support

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
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