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locative (lŏk`ətĭv) [Lat.,=placing], in the grammar of certain languages (e.g., Sanskrit), the case case, in language, one of the several possible forms of a given noun, pronoun, or adjective that indicates its grammatical function (see inflection); in inflected languages it is usually indicated by a series of suffixes attached to a stem, as in Latin amicus,
..... Click the link for more information.  referring to location. Nouns in this case are often translatable into English phrases beginning with at, in, or on.
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In Udmurt language, several locative cases can be involved in the category of possession.
Attributive possession in Udmurt language/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ... by Edygarova, Svetlana / Linguistica Uralica
The implication of motion, not mere location, is even more evident in those cases where the prepositional complements are usually in accusative, not in locative case, since the prepositions are to be interpreted dynamically, as in: 27) Ongan ceallian pa ofer cald waeter PRET-begin INFIN-cry then across ACC-cold ACC-river Byrhtelmes beam GEN-Byrhthelm NOM-son 'The son of Byrhthelm began to cry out across the cold river' (B&T: Byrht.
Anglo-Saxon verbs of sound: semantic architecture, lexical ... by Rodriguez, Francisco J. Cortes; Orta, Marta Gonzalez / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
The sentences (17a,b,c) contain compound case marker <-o-laam/nung> which is the combination of the locative case marker <-o> and ablative case marker <-laam/nung>.
Case markers in the Chhathare Limbu by Tumbahang, Govinda B. / Contributions to Nepalese Studies
 
 
 
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