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circumfixal

circumfixal adjective: serving as a circumfix.

Adjective

circumfixal (not comparable)

  1. Serving as a circumfix.
    • First, a number of languages do not have a single negation morpheme but have a circumfixal morpheme.1997, Ferdinand de Haan, The Interaction of Modality and Negation

Origin of circumfixal

From circumfix + -al.

Questions about circumfixal

What does circumfixal mean?
Circumfixal means serving as a circumfix.
What part of speech is circumfixal?
Circumfixal is an adjective.

Words near circumfixal in the dictionary

  1. circumfetishist
  2. circumfetishists
  3. circumfila
  4. circumfilum
  5. circumfix
  6. circumfixal
  7. circumfixation
  8. circumfixations
  9. circumfixed
  10. circumfixes
  11. circumfixing

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