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Simulfix
In linguistics, a simulfix is a type of affix that changes one or more existing phonemes (usually vowels) in order to modify the meaning of a morpheme. Examples of simulfixes in English are generally considered irregularities, surviving results of Germanic umlaut. They include: *man → men, woman → women *louse → lice, mouse → mice *foot → feet, tooth → teeth The transfixes of the Semitic languages may be considered a form of discontinuous simulfix. In Javanese and colloquial Indonesian, simulfixation productively occurs to form active verbs and to derive verbs from noun bases. For example: *cuci → nyuci (to wash) *tulis → nulis (to write) *kopi (coffee) → ngopi (to drink coffee) *sapu (broom) → nyapu (to sweep) *tongkrong (hangout) → nongkrong (to hang out) *pacul (hoe) → macul (to hoe)
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In linguistics, a simulfix is a type of affix that changes one or more existing phonemes (usually vowels) in order to modify the meaning of a morpheme. Examples of simulfixes in English are generally considered irregularities, surviving results of Germanic umlaut. They include: *man → men, woman → women *louse → lice, mouse → mice *foot → feet, tooth → teeth The transfixes of the Semitic languages may be considered a form of discontinuous simulfix. In Javanese and colloquial Indonesian, simulfixation productively occurs to form active verbs and to derive verbs from noun bases. For example: *cuci → nyuci (to wash) *tulis → nulis (to write) *kopi (coffee) → ngopi (to drink coffee) *sapu (broom) → nyapu (to sweep) *tongkrong (hangout) → nongkrong (to hang out) *pacul (hoe) → macul (to hoe)
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