nasal infix

noun

The Proto-Indo-European infix *-n(é)- used in imperfective verbs.

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Meanings

nounnasal infix (plural nasal infixes)

plural nasal infixes

  1. human sciencesThe Proto-Indo-European infix *-n(é)- used in imperfective verbs.

    This type was formed by the ablauting affix *-né-/*-n- inserted before the last consonant of the root. […] Thus, to the root *leykʷ- 'leave', the stem forms are *li-né-kʷ-, atonic *li-n-kʷ-.

    1995, Andrew L. Sihler, “Conjugation - Eventive Stems In Proto-Indo-European”, in New Comparative Grammar Of Greek And Latin, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, 453. NASAL INFIX STEMS., page 498

Translations

Japanese 鼻音接中辞
  • 鼻音接中辞reconstructed Proto-Indo-European infix
Russian носовой инфикс
  • носовой инфикс (nosovoj infiks)reconstructed Proto-Indo-European infix
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