Circumfixal

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Serving as a circumfix. not-comparable

    "First, a number of languages do not have a single negation morpheme but have a circumfixal morpheme."

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"First, a number of languages do not have a single negation morpheme but have a circumfixal morpheme."

Etymology

From circumfix + -al.

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