The cessative aspect or terminative aspect is a
grammatical aspect
In linguistics, aspect is a grammatical category that expresses how a verbal action, event, or state, extends over time. For instance, perfective aspect is used in referring to an event conceived as bounded and unitary, without reference t ...
referring to the end of an action or a state.
It is the opposite of the
inchoative aspect
Inchoative aspect (list of glossing abbreviations, abbreviated or ), also known as inceptive, is a grammatical aspect, referring to the beginning of a state. It can be found in conservative Indo-European languages such as Latin and Lithuanian lang ...
and conveys the idea "to finish doing something".
In
Yaqui
The Yaqui, Hiaki, or Yoeme, are an Indigenous people of Mexico and Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe, who speak the Yaqui language, a Uto-Aztecan language.
Their primary homelands are in Río Yaqui valley in the no ...
, the cessative is formed with the suffix . For example:
In
Timbisha
The Timbisha ("rock paint", Timbisha language: Nümü Tümpisattsi) are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe federally recognized tribes, federally recognized as the Death Valley Timbisha Shoshone Band of California. The ...
, the cessative is formed with the suffix . For example:
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Grammatical aspects