Infixation
Infixation
Infixation is a morphological process whereby a bound morpheme attaches within a root or stem .
The kind of affix involved in this process is called an infix .
(Phillipines - Tagalog)
The focus marker -um- is a infix which is added after the first consonant of the root.
- bili: root ‘buy’
- -um-: infix ‘AGT’
- bumili: word ‘bought’
Related terms
- RT⇆ Bound Morpheme
- RT⇆ Infix
- RT⇆ Morphological Process
- RT⇆ Root
- RT⇆ Stem
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/infixation
