"coverb" meaning in All languages combined

See coverb on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: coverbs [plural]
Etymology: From co- + verb. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|co-|verb|text=+|tree=1}} From co- + verb. Head templates: {{en-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. Related terms: preposition, preverb Translations (class of words): 動介詞 /动介词 (dòngjiècí) (Chinese Mandarin), bijwerkwoord [neuter] (Dutch), verbiprefiksi (Finnish), verbisuffiksi (Finnish), igekötő (Hungarian), czasownik pomocniczy [inanimate, masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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}

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