Re: infixes (was Re: what does -il- do (when it exists))

--- Tristan McLeay <conlang@...>
wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 22:45:40 +0200, Rodlox
> <Rodlox@...> wrote:
>
> > are there any languages which would have infixes?
>
> Abso-bloody-lutely! (I don't know any serious
> examples, though...)
>
> --
> Tristan.
>

Infixing occurs all over the place in Classical Old
Irish before 1000AD)

example:

   1) Object Pronouns:
           forgaib "he seizes"   /forgav'/
           fortngaib "he seizes him"   /fordNav'/

           fobotha "it disturbs"  /foboTa/
           fombotha "it disturbs me" /fomvoTa/

     (with lots of consonant mutations)

   2) Aspectual Morphemes:
           dogni: "he does"
           dorigni "he has done"

 stuff like this is all over Old Irish, makes it very
very crazy. and great.

elliott







		
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