Ventive: ventive
The ventive is an -a or -(an)ni(m) morpheme that is typically attached to verbs of movement, but it may have a lexicalized meaning and appear in any finite verb. The ventive marks the direction of a situation. Currently feature takes yes/no values although RIAO data and much of MCONG data uses unary value (yes).
Yes: has ventive
Examples
- illaka “he comes” (with the ventive)
No: does not have ventive
####Examples
- illak “he goes” (without the ventive)
Ventive in other languages: [akk] [xav]