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Terminative case

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In morphology, the terminative case is a case that indicates to what point; where something ends. These examples are from Estonian, wherein it is indicated by the '-ni' suffix:

  • jõeni: "to the river" / "as far as the river"
  • kella kuueni: "until six o'clock"