Orientative case

The orientative case (abbreviated ORIENT) is a grammatical case which marks a noun phrase whose referent is used as a point of reference. It can be used to mark a spatial reference point such as a landmark, or an abstract one such as a social ideal. It can be found in the Chukchi ^[1] and Manchu languages.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Dunn, John (1999). A Grammar of Chukchi (PhD thesis). Australian National University. pp. 116, 278–279.