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macrostem

macrostem noun: the stem of a verb, plus any object markers preceding the stem and affixes following the stem, taken as a morphological unit.

Noun

macrostem (plural macrostems)

  1. (Bantu linguistics) The stem of a verb, plus any object markers preceding the stem and affixes following the stem, taken as a morphological unit.

Forms of macrostem

pluralmacrostems

Origin of macrostem

From macro- + stem.

Questions about macrostem

What does macrostem mean?
Macrostem means the stem of a verb, plus any object markers preceding the stem and affixes following the stem, taken as a morphological unit.
What part of speech is macrostem?
Macrostem is a noun.
What is the plural of macrostem?
The plural of macrostem is macrostems.

Words near macrostem in the dictionary

  1. macrostate
  2. macrostates
  3. macrostatistics
  4. macrosteatosis
  5. macrosteatotic
  6. macrostem
  7. macrostemonoside
  8. macrostems
  9. macrostep
  10. macrosteps
  11. macrostereoscopic

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