ambifix meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

ambifix

noun

Etymology From ambi- + -fix.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A string of characters used for both prefix and suffix.

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A bound morpheme that can be used either as a prefix or suffix.

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A circumfix.

verb

Etymology From ambi- + -fix.

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences To affix an ambifix to (a word).

Examples of such other methods are intercalation, as in Semitic, and what might be called ambifixing, where an affix has two parts, one of which precedes the entire root, while the other follows.1966, Universals of Language:
These markers are suffixed, prefixed, infixed and even at times ambifixed.2008, Anderson, Gregory D. S, The Munda Languages:

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As mentioned above, all verbs distinguish dual from non-dual forms; for ambifixing verbs this is encoded on a post-root ‘thematic’ which combines information about dual vs. non-dual and TAM[…]2017, Baerman, Matthew, editor, The Oxford Handbook of Inflection: