Semblative case
Encyclopedia
The semblative case is a grammatical case
Grammatical case
In grammar, the case of a noun or pronoun is an inflectional form that indicates its grammatical function in a phrase, clause, or sentence. For example, a pronoun may play the role of subject , of direct object , or of possessor...

 that denotes the similarity of one entity to another.

The semblative case in Wagiman

Wagiman
Wagiman language
Wagiman is a near-extinct indigenous Australian language spoken by fewer than 10 people in and around Pine Creek, in the Katherine Region of the Northern Territory....

, an indigenous Australian language, has a semblative case suffix -yiga, that is functionally identical to the -like suffix in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, as in the example:
gahan mamin dup-pa ga-yu jilimakkun-yiga
that white man sit- 3sg-be woman-
That white man sits like a woman

Semblative in English

English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 has a number of semblative derivational
Derivation (linguistics)
In linguistics, derivation is the process of forming a new word on the basis of an existing word, e.g. happi-ness and un-happy from happy, or determination from determine...

suffixes, including -like and -esque.
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However, as in many other languages, semblativity in English is marked with derivational affixes instead of being an inflectional case.
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