Help me find a name for these cases
Posted: 05 Oct 2017 20:14
Maybe it's not a beginner's question, but I thought this was the best place to ask questions in the first place.
I'm working on a conlang relying extensively on locative cases. Here is a table:
I was able to give a name to 13 of 16 cases, using terminology from different languages; I kind of invented this distinction between perlative and vialis, since I couldn't find evidence of any language contrasting them, but I have not succeeded at finding a name for [1] (motion from under), [2] (motion across the surface) and [3] (motion through the space below).
I thought about ispodlative for [1] (from Russian из-под, a preposition meaning "from under") and occultative for [3] (since anything moving under something else is probably concealed by it). I'm not convinced about these names though, and I still have no idea how to call [2].
Any help?
Please stick to Latin and Greek roots if possible (avoid things like "acrosslative"). I wouldn't know how to translate other into Italian, which is really important to me. "Ispodlative" itself is really ugly.
I'm working on a conlang relying extensively on locative cases. Here is a table:
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OPEN CLOSED ON UNDER
STATE Locative Inessive Adessive Subessive
TO Lative Illative Allative Sublative
FROM Ablative Elative Delative [1]
VIA Vialis Perlative [2] [3]
I thought about ispodlative for [1] (from Russian из-под, a preposition meaning "from under") and occultative for [3] (since anything moving under something else is probably concealed by it). I'm not convinced about these names though, and I still have no idea how to call [2].
Any help?
Please stick to Latin and Greek roots if possible (avoid things like "acrosslative"). I wouldn't know how to translate other into Italian, which is really important to me. "Ispodlative" itself is really ugly.