Allative

/ˈæləɪv/ noun

A grammatical case in some languages (like Finnish) that shows movement toward something, like 'to the house' or 'into the room.'

From Latin 'allatus' (carried to) plus the grammatical suffix '-ive.' Coined by linguists studying Finnish and other Uralic languages in the 1800s.

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