inchoative

Beginning; initial.

Of or being a verb or verbal form that designates the beginning of an action, state, or event, such as the Latin verb tumēscēre, “to begin to swell.”

In the state of inception or formation; incipient; rudimentary.

Expressing or indicating beginning; inceptive: as, an inchoative verb (otherwise called inceptive).

That which begins, or that which expresses the beginning of, an action or state; specifically, in grammar, an inchoative verb.

Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive.

At the beginning, still in an unformed state.

Aspectually indicating that an action is soon to begin.

Inflected in or relating to the inchoative aspect.

aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb