afikso

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Compare English affix.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [aˈfikso]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ikso
  • Hyphenation: a‧fik‧so

Noun

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afikso (accusative singular afikson, plural afiksoj, accusative plural afiksojn)

  1. affix (a morpheme whose position within a word is not predictable from Esperanto word-compounding rules) (compare afiksoido)
    Among the official morphemes, the true antaŭafiksoj are bo-, eks-, ge-, mal-, pra-. These change the nature of the word, and therefore would occur at the end if they were part of a compound.
    Among the official morphemes, the true postafiksoj are -aĉ-, -ĉjo, -njo. These do not change the nature of the word, and therefore would occur at the beginning if they were part of a compound.
    -um- is sometimes included in this list, as it's irregular; however, it generally dominates the meaning of the word, and therefore would be expected to occur at the end
    Hyponyms: antaŭafikso, prefikso, postafikso, sufikso, enafikso

Derived terms

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