Any future contributions to this theme should focus on the notion of postposition, please. From Wordnik.com. [On postpositions] Reference
Ago is also sometimes called a postposition, because it's obligatory for it to follow the noun phrase. From Wordnik.com. [On postpositions] Reference
I would assert that "for" is the most precise value for -ri, that is, a postposition specifically identifying someone or something that benefits from a specified action. From Wordnik.com. [Liber Linteus and religious formulae, part 1] Reference
Night seems to invite a postposition or something similar. From Wordnik.com. [On postpositions] Reference
In instance B, another postposition is used, namely -treś. From Wordnik.com. [Liber Linteus and religious formulae, part 1] Reference
Can anyone explain to me why "ago" is an adverb rather than a postposition?. From Wordnik.com. [On postpositions] Reference
In Look it up, whatever we choose to call up , it isn't a postposition following it. From Wordnik.com. [On postpositions] Reference
The "redundant '-s'" was the one that didn't have a postposition in the English translation. From Wordnik.com. [Nouns modifying nouns in Etruscan and related languages] Reference
These seem to show obligatory postposition, as does, possibly, the more common ‘therefore’. From Wordnik.com. [On postpositions] Reference
Yes, 'long' isn't a preposition, but the notion of 'postposition' isn't restricted to prepositions, of course. From Wordnik.com. [On postpositions] Reference
One example which has always struck me as a postposition comes in Brother James's Air, a setting to music of a paraphrase of Psalm 23. From Wordnik.com. [On postpositions] Reference
The postposition 'long', too, is adverbial to me: "all day/night/week/month long" strikes me as an adverb of duration rather than a preposition. From Wordnik.com. [On postpositions] Reference
In instance A, the case ending of choice is the locative in -e extended with the postposition -ri which is believed to be purposive, meaning "for"1. From Wordnik.com. [Liber Linteus and religious formulae, part 1] Reference
While two titans jockey for early postposition, consider the case of lesser-knowns, who even in the best of times struggle for equal billing with the marquee names. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2006] Reference
So I call it a directive case and I identify tra not as an "ablative postposition" as some claim but as a directive postposition borrowed from an Italic language cf. From Wordnik.com. [Ipa ama hen] Reference
For example, Tibetan often renders both the dative and ablative cases of Sanskrit nouns with the postposition phyir, and does not distinguish the vocative from the nominative case. From Wordnik.com. [Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior - Shantideva ��� Introductory Note on the Translation] Reference
The former is attributive (with benefactive nuance here), and the latter is directive (indicating motion towards) with the addition of a postposition -tra which itself is declined. From Wordnik.com. [Liber Linteus and religious formulae, part 2] Reference
If there is only one postposition in the English translation, why is the head noun tivr 'month' and the modifying numeral śa 'six' declined with the very same case ending to express 'of 6 months'?. From Wordnik.com. [Nouns modifying nouns in Etruscan and related languages] Reference
SMITH: And for those who think lightning will strike twice, there's always Hal's Image (ph), the longest of long shots at the Preakness who is listed at 50-to-one odds after Wednesday's postposition draw. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 21, 2005] Reference
Some people have suggested that constructions such as who with (vs with who(m)) are examples of postposition - but I think it makes more sense to analyse these as elliptical sentences (i.e. a shortened version of such sentences as Who did you go with?). From Wordnik.com. [On postpositions] Reference
To even suggest this exposes a deep misunderstanding of basic Etruscan grammar since surely cntnam is spelled correctly, composed of cn "this" in the accusative case, the postposition tra (seen elsewhere in the text marked with the directive case in -iś: -treś) and finally the phrasal conjunctive -(u)m signifying "and, and so, then". From Wordnik.com. [The "Tlusc Mar" Reading Error on the Piacenza Liver] Reference
After read some text about Transcript, I tried a new feature automatic postposition placing. From Wordnik.com. [Planet KDE] Reference
Right now a little part of postposition rules is programmed into Korean version of kdelibs4.js. dynamic case setting example. From Wordnik.com. [KDE TechBase - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Salt to the wounds of San Diego-connected owners Mercedes Stable and Madeleine Paulson: There were two scratches after the close of entries and postposition draw, which meant there were two empty stalls when 18 horses went to the post. From Wordnik.com. [Fore, right!] Reference
Where huba is the postposition “for” inflected for an “areal” object. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Thanks to [Organization] for Their Help” — or Is It “for Its Help”?] Reference
Seadog Driftwood: "The 'redundant "-s"' was the one that didn't have a postposition in the English translation. From Wordnik.com. [Nouns modifying nouns in Etruscan and related languages] Reference
Actually, what I mean by "the seemingly redundant '-s'" was in response to "If there is only one postposition in the English translation, why is the head noun tivr 'month' and the modifying numeral śa 'six' declined with the very same case ending to express 'of 6 months'?. From Wordnik.com. [Nouns modifying nouns in Etruscan and related languages] Reference
Poni is a Carib postposition meaning on. From Wordnik.com. [The Discovery of Guiana. Paras. 1-49] Reference
Tan, postposition. From Wordnik.com. [The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1] Reference
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