dechticaetiative

From Ancient Greek δεχ- (dekh-, “to take, receive”) +‎ -tic + a shortening of Ancient Greek αἰτιατική (aitiatikḗ, “accusative”) +‎ -ive, intended to suggest "recipient-as-accusative", with the spellings of Greek components latinized.^[1] The term was first introduced by Blansitt (1984). A more current term with the same signification is secundative.

• enPR: dĕk′tĭk-ē′tē-ə-tĭv
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛk.tɪkˈiː.tiː.ə.tɪv/
• (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛk.tɪkˈi.ti.ə.tɪv/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌdek.tɪkˈiː.tiː.ə.tɪv/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌdek.təkˈiː.tiː.ə.təv/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˌɖek.ʈikˈiː.ʈiː.a.ʈiv/
• Rhymes: -iːtiːətɪv
• Hyphenation: dech‧tic‧ae‧ti‧a‧tive

dechticaetiative (not comparable)

2. (linguistics, of a language) In which the indirect objects of ditransitive verbs are treated like the direct objects of monotransitive verbs; secundative.

   Synonym: (more common) secundative

   Most dechticaetiative languages are found in Africa.