duplifix

plural duplifixes

1. human sciencesAn affix which, when applied, incorporates some of the stem word it is modifying.

   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 more examples

   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

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