Infix versus Interfix

Infix versus Interfix


Credit: Prof L. O. Adewole
Yoruba for academic purpose


Some grammarians often say that the following words are derived through the process of infixation:

ẹni ‘person’                 à        ẹni-kí-ẹni                     à        ẹnikẹ́ni             ‘whosoever’

àgbà ‘adult’                 à        àgbà-ní-àgbà                à        àgbàlágbà        ‘middle aged’

The examples above are derived through the process of interfixation. Examples of words derived through the process of infixation are as follows:

Tagalog, one of the major languages of Philippines[1]

[sulat]  ‘write’                         [su-mu-lat]                   [sumulat]         ‘to write’

[bili]     ‘buy’                            [b-um-ili]                     [bumili]            ‘to buy’

[kuha]  ‘take, get’                    [k-um-uha]                  [kumuha]         ‘to take, to get’

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