Affixes Indonesian words are composed of a root or a root plus derivational affixes. The root is the primary lexical unit of a word and is usually bisyllabic, of the shape CV(C)CV(C). Affixes are "glued" onto roots (which are either nouns or verbs) to alter or expand the primary meaning associated with a given root, effectively generating new words, for example, (to cook) may become (cooking), (cook for), (be cooked), (a cook), (a meal, cookery), (accidentally cooked). There are four types of affixes: prefixes (), suffixes (), circumfixes () and infixes (). Affixes are categorized into noun, verb, and adjective affixes. Many initial consonants alternate in the presence of prefixes: (to sweep) becomes (sweeps/sweeping); (to call) becomes (calls/calling), (to sieve) becomes (sieves).
Affixes Indonesian words are composed of a root or a root plus derivational affixes The root is the primary lexical unit of a word and is usually bisyllabic of the shape CV(C)CV(C) Affixes are "glued" onto roots (which are either nouns or verbs) to alter or expand the primary meaning associated with a given root effectively generating new words for example (to cook) may become (cooking) (cook for) (be cooked) (a cook) (a meal cookery) (accidentally cooked) There are four types of affixes prefixes () suffixes () circumfixes () and infixes () Affixes are categorized into noun verb and adjective affixes Many initial consonants alternate in the presence of prefixes (to sweep) becomes (sweeps/sweeping); (to call) becomes (calls/calling) (to sieve) becomes (sieves)