PREVERB

Preverb

Although not widely accepted in linguistics, the term preverb is used in Caucasian, Caddoan, Athabaskan, and Algonquian linguistics to describe certain elements prefixed to verbs.

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preverb

Noun

  1. A class of words in the Chinese language whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions and postpositions of other languages.
  2. A verbal prefix in the Algonquin languages whose function is analogous to the adjective of other languages.


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