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  Matsumura: Adessive 1993
According to Lavotha the adessive case in its original function denotes 'the state of being on something or on the surface' (die Befindlichkeit auf etwas (auf einer Oberfläche)).
The three main functions of the adessive case are presented in this particular order apparently because of the author's assumption that the primary function of the adessive case is to indicate the place in the physical world at which someone or something is located or where some activity or event takes place.
This is to say that the remaining two functional spheres of the adessive case, namely the adverbial of time and the possessor in a possessive construction, are secondary or derivative.
www.tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp /~kmatsum/papers/swe93/swe93_2.html   (956 words)

  
 adessive
Adessive is used in place of the inessive with some place names, such as Türi, Tapa and Lehtse.
Adessive is used with expressions of time, such as in a certain season, day, year or part of the day.
Adessive is used to indeicate a person who has or lacks something.
www.magma.ca /~raksim/estonian/adessive.html   (125 words)

  
  Commitative,Instr,Manner in Finnish
Manner and Instrument are usually expressed by the ëadessiveí case in Finnish although adverbs are also used for the expressions of manners.
Besides instrument and manner, the adessive case is used for location, ëon top ofí or ënearí in the corresponding English phrases.
The adessive case is made by adding the suffix ë-llaí to the noun stems (Karlsson 105).
www.uiowa.edu /~linguist/classes/typology99/languages/Finnish/Commitative,Instr,Manner.html   (537 words)

  
 Finnish Grammar - Exterior local cases
The adessive expresses the location on or near something.
The adessive suffix is -lla/-llä in both the singular and in the plural.
The allative suffix is -lle in both the singular and in the plural.
www.cc.jyu.fi /~pamakine/kieli/suomi/sijat/sijatulkoen.html   (90 words)

  
 Summary of TULIP 17 (en)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Adessive Causee in the Finnish Causative Construction
There is reason to assume that the AC is not fully established as a use of the Finnish adessive case.
Rather, it is a variant of the instrumental adessive, which is one of the major uses of the adessive case in Finnish.
www.fl.reitaku-u.ac.jp /~schiba/pub/tulip17e.html   (220 words)

  
 adessive - OneLook Dictionary Search
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adessive : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
adessive : The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words [home, info]
www.onelook.com /?w=adessive&ls=a   (92 words)

  
 Venla - Grammar - Nouns and adjectives
Adessive, ablative, allative are exterior location cases, wich equivalent to inside location cases.
Adessive is used for at, on or top of.
All exterior location cases (Adessive, ablative, allative) are in same grade and has the same stem as genitive.
users.utu.fi /jmkark/kieli/kielioppi/substantiivit.html   (548 words)

  
 The Adessive Case
The following four nouns are declined in the Adessive/Alalütlevh case:
The adessive case is used in various expressions of time, such as certain seasons, days, years, etc.
It is also used to indicate a person who has or lacks something:
learningestonian.com /adessive.html   (49 words)

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