itive

English

Etymology

From Latin itus (“gone”), perfect passive participle of eō (“to go”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”) + -ive.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ētĭv, IPA^(key): /iːtɪv/

Adjective

itive (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Synonym of andative
   • 1993, George van Driem, A Grammar of Dumi, page 210:

     The itive aspectizers express a totalizing of the action.

   • 2003, Roberta Facchinetti, Frank Palmer, Manfred Krug, Modality in Contemporary English, page 121:

     […] in other words, the itive verb here signals narrative dissonance, with all the attendant effects […]