circumfixal

English

Etymology

circumfix +‎ -al

Adjective

circumfixal (not comparable)

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