coverb

English

Etymology

From co- +‎ verb.

Noun

coverb (plural coverbs)

1. (grammar) Any of a class of words in various languages including Chinese and Hungarian whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions, and postpositions of other languages.

Translations

class of words

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動介詞／动介词 (dòngjiècí)

• Dutch: bijwerkwoord n
• Finnish: verbiprefiksi (fi), verbisuffiksi (fi)
• Hungarian: igekötő (hu)

See also

• preposition
• preverb