Lexicon

Preposition-like verbs

Derived from Wikipedia's List of Grammatical Cases.

A language should have some way of expressing all of these ideas. Each preposition could probably have its own chapter in a grammar textbook.

• at1 or LOC1 "at" (the basic locative preposition) - "on/upon" can be merged with this.
• of1 or GEN1 "of" (genitive)
• to1 or ALL1 "to" (the basic allative preposition)
• from1 or ABL1 "from" (the basic ablative preposition)
• in1 or INESS1 "in" (the basic inessive preposition)
• COM1 "with" (comitative)
• INS1 "with" (instrumental)
• AGT1 "by" (agentive) - can be merged with "with"
• LIM1 "by" (limitative of time, e.g. "by 5:00")
• DAT1 "for" (dative) - can be merged with "to"
• BEN1 "for" (benefactive)
• during1 "during"
• DISTR1 "per" / "for each"
• CMPR1 "like" / "as"
• PRIV1 "without"

Intransitive Prepositions

• up0 ← above1#MID
• down0 ← below1#MID
• away0, off0 ← from1#MID

Less Common Prepositions

• between1 "between"
• touch1 "touching"
• "about" / "concerning" - can be merged with "touching"
• beside1 "next to" / "beside"
• before1 "in front of" / "before"
• behind1 "after" / "behind"
• beyond1 "across" / "beyond"
• under1 "under"
• over1 "over"
• near1 "near"
• ELA1 "out of" (elative)
• PERL1 "through" / "via"
• "according to"
• "because of"
• "for want of"
• "instead of"
• BEN1 "for the benefit of"
• MAL1 "against" / "for the detriment of"