Dictionary

duplifix en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈduː.plɪ.fɪks/

Etymology

From dupli(cate) + -fix.

Meanings

1. An affix which, when applied, incorporates some of the stem word it is modifying.
   • Note that reduplication of the root vowel in a duplifix can also be viewed as vowel harmony, see §2.3. 2017, Judith Aissen, Nora C. England, Roberto Zavala Maldonado, The Mayan Languages:
   • The initial C- of this duplifix copies the initial consonant of the lexical morpheme which happens to be /p/ so that the plural marker takes the shape puru- 2018, Aina Urdze, Non-Prototypical Reduplication:
   • According to Haspelmath and Sims (2010: 39) the Bikol case could be considered to be a duplifix. 2018, Rita Finkbeiner, Ulrike Freywald, Exact Repetition in Grammar and Discourse:
2. An affix that works by duplicating part of the stem word.
   • First, here are examples to show variation in the phonological make-up of duplifixes. C, CV, CVC, and CVCV are all possible duplifix skeleta. 2013, Edith A. Moravcsik, Introducing Language Typology, page 128:

Forms

Relateds

suprafix · back-formation · infix · transfix · adfix · suffix · prefix · reduplication · simulfix · disfix · affix