affixation

Updated: May 7, 2025

Eskimo, Nootka, Yana, and other languages have similarly complex arrays of suffixed elements, though the functions performed by them and their principles of combination differ widely. It is likely that -n- possesses a function that still remains to be ascertained. We have reserved the very curious type of affixation known as "infixing" for separate illustration.

Edward Sapir - Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech