postposition
the act of placing after.
the state of being so placed.
Grammar.
the use of words, particles, or affixes following the elements they modify or govern, as of the adjective general in attorney general, or of the particle e “to” in Japanese Tokyo e “to Tokyo.”
a word, particle, or affix so used.
Origin of postposition
1Other words from postposition
- post·po·si·tion·al, adjective
Words Nearby postposition
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How to use postposition in a sentence
Note that ra may be taken as a postposition of the genitive as well as phonetic complement (see on line 3).
Sumerian Hymns | Frederick Augustus VanderburghIf ra were a postposition, it would follow the suffix bi (on which see Hymn to Sin, line 27).
Sumerian Hymns | Frederick Augustus VanderburghWhen the noun to which they are suffixed has a double form, the postposition is added to the short form.
The Mafulu | Robert W. WilliamsonThe postposition pampa, ixtli, the face, and the first possessive pronoun no.
The Gegence; A Comedy Ballet in the Nahuatl-Spanish Dialect of Nicaragua | Daniel G. BrintonThe accusative case in nouns is marked by a postposition, ku, as in Hindustani.
British Dictionary definitions for postposition
/ (ˌpəʊstpəˈzɪʃən) /
placement of a modifier or other speech element after the word that it modifies or to which it is syntactically related
a word or speech element so placed
Derived forms of postposition
- postpositional, adjective
- postpositionally, adverb
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