Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a postposition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to postposition.
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- adjective grammar Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a
postposition .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In a postpositional language, people would say 'the house in' and not 'in the house'.
On postpositions DC 2009
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In a postpositional language, people would say 'the house in' and not 'in the house'.
Archive 2009-04-01 DC 2009
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From what I see the above shows a variously-declined derivative noun *hanθa meaning "front" which in turn can be based on a postpositional particle han "before, in front of" hen [CPer A.v, A.xxiv]; ce-hen [TLE 619] "this here" .
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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From what I see the above shows a variously-declined derivative noun *hanθa meaning "front" which in turn can be based on a postpositional particle han "before, in front of" hen [CPer A.v, A.xxiv]; ce-hen [TLE 619] "this here" .
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