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Egressive case

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The egressive case (abbreviated EGRE) marks the beginning of a movement from an approximate location or a moment in time.

This case is used in Udmurt[1] and Veps languages[2] (both belong to Uralic languages).

Example

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Udmurt

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гурт

(a) village

ысeн

starting from

гуртысeн

starting from a village

гурт ысeн гуртысeн

{(a) village} {starting from} {starting from a village}

References

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  1. ^ Marina Pantcheva. "The Syntax and Semantics of Paths" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 22 Dec 2011.
  2. ^ http://proceedings.usu.ru/?base=mag/0065(01_$03-2009)&xsln=showArticle.xslt&id=a10&doc=../content.jsp [dead link]


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