evitative
Meanings
adj
- grammatically expressing the notion that something is avoided or feared: a grammatical mood found in some Australian Aboriginal languages.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).
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