Meanings
adverbvocatively (comparative more vocatively, superlative most vocatively)
comparative more vocatively · superlative most vocatively
- In a vocative way.
Kinship terminology is reportedly not used vocatively in family II, whereas it is in family I (note that Kwaza has no vocative morpheme). It is by MA considered ugly to use the words for 'husband' and 'wife' vocatively.
2004, Hein van der Voort, A Grammar of Kwaza, page 722
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vocatively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vocatively
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