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In linguistics, a simulfix is a type of affix that changes one or more existing (usually vowels) in order to modify the meaning of a morpheme.
Examples of simulfixes in English are generally considered irregularities, surviving results of Germanic umlaut. They include:
The of the Semitic languages may be considered a form of discontinuous simulfix.
In Indonesian, simulfixation productively occurs, for example, in ngopi, nyapu, nyuci, nongkrong and macul, which are derived from the noun bases kopi, sapu, cuci, tongkrong and pacul.
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