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quotative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quo-ta-tive
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".

noun

A form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.

adj

Serving to mark quoted speech.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English quotative From quote + -ative.

Inflected Forms

quotatives (plural)

Derived Forms

nonquotative quotatively quotativeness quotativity

Questions

What does quotative mean?
A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".
Where does quotative come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English quotative From quote + -ative.

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