Re: Nested infixes

On 2/9/06, Harald S. <polysynthetic@...> wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:20:48 -0500, Harald S. <polysynthetic@...> wrote:
>
> >But if there is more than one affix to apply to the root, all further
> >affixes are then inserted after the leading vowel of the first affix.
>
> I forgot to write that the further affixes will be reversed, thus, having
> the form CV.
So, for instance, if you have a root word
like "tapu", then add an infix "ek", it will form "tapeku";
or adding "at" would form "tapatu"; but if  you have
both infixes, it would be "tapetaku" or "tapaketu",
depending on the order they were applied?  That's
pretty baroque.

I suppose there would have to be some inherent order
or precedence to the infixes, so for instance mood
applies before aspect before tense, or something like
that.

--
Jim Henry
http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/conlang.htm