# Cessative aspect

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{{Short description|Grammatical aspect referring to the end of a state}}
The '''cessative aspect''' or '''terminative aspect''' is a [grammatical aspect](/source/grammatical_aspect) referring to the end of an action or a state.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is cessative aspect? |url=http://www-01.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOflinguisticTerms/WhatIsCessativeAspect.htm |publisher=[SIL International](/source/SIL_International) |date=5 January 2004 |accessdate=10 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214082610/http://www-01.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOflinguisticTerms/WhatIsCessativeAspect.htm |archive-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is the opposite of the [inchoative aspect](/source/inchoative_aspect) and conveys the idea "to finish doing something".

In [Yaqui](/source/Yaqui_language), the cessative is formed with the suffix {{lang|yaq|-yaáte}}. For example:

{{interlinear|indent=2|lang=yaq
|ču'ú 'íntok čái-'''yaáte'''-k 'á'a nók-híkkaha-ki-i
|dog and yell-'''stop'''-PFV him talk-hear-{{gcl|PPL|participializer}}-STAT
|"the dog stopped barking when he heard him talking"
|c1=<ref>{{cite book |author=Dedrick, John M. |author2=Casad, Eugene H. |year=1999 |title=Sonora Yaqui Language Structures |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XBw6frZRDAC&pg=322 |publisher=[University of Arizona Press](/source/University_of_Arizona_Press) |pages=322|isbn=9780816519811 }}</ref>
}}

In [Timbisha](/source/Timbisha_language), the cessative is formed with the suffix {{lang|	par|-mmahwan}}. For example:

{{interlinear|indent=2|lang=par|glossing=no abbr
|satü püe nangkawimmahwa
|that just talk-CESSATIVE
|"he just finished talking"
|c1=<ref>{{cite book |author=Dayley, Jon P. |year=1989 |title=Tümpisa (Panamint) Shoshone Grammar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FHFHHfI_c9EC&pg=PA59 |publisher=[University of California Press](/source/University_of_California_Press) |pages=59|isbn=9780520097520 }}</ref>
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