Re: "discontinuous affixes"
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 10, 1999, 21:10 |
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Tom Wier wrote:
> Wouldn't that make it an infix for a prefix?
No, an infix goes inside the *root*, for instance, in Oaxaca Chontal (a
language in Mexico), the root kwepo' means "lizard", and the plural
infix -l- is added to make kwelpo' (lizards); the rule is, IIRC, that it
goes after the first vowel.
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