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ambifix en · NOUN

Etymology

From ambi- + -fix.

Meanings

1. A string of characters used for both prefix and suffix.
2. A bound morpheme that can be used either as a prefix or suffix.
3. A circumfix.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
ambifixes	Number=Plur		lexicographic

ambifix en · VERB

Etymology

From ambi- + -fix.

Meanings

1. To affix an ambifix to (a word).
   • These markers are suffixed, prefixed, infixed and even at times ambifixed. 2008, Anderson, Gregory D. S, The Munda Languages:
   • As mentioned above, all verbs distinguish dual from non-dual forms; for ambifixing verbs this is encoded on a post-root ‘thematic’ which combines information about dual vs. non-dual and TAM[…] 2017, Baerman, Matthew, editor, The Oxford Handbook of Inflection:
   • Examples of such other methods are intercalation, as in Semitic, and what might be called ambifixing, where an affix has two parts, one of which precedes the entire root, while the other follows. 1966, Universals of Language:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
ambifixing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
ambifixed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
ambifixed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
ambifixes	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic