Adjective affixes
Adjective affixes are attached to root words to form adjectives:
| Type of adjective affixes | Affix | Example of root word | Example of derived word |
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| Prefix | tər- | kenal (know) | terkenal (famous) |
| sə- | lari (run) | selari (parallel) |
| Infix | ⟨əl⟩ | serak (disperse) | selerak (messy) |
| ⟨əm⟩ | cerlang (radiant bright) | cemerlang (bright, excellent) |
| ⟨ər⟩ | sabut (husk) | serabut (dishevelled) |
| Circumfix | kə-...-an | barat (west) | kebaratan (westernized) |
In addition to these affixes, Indonesian also has a lot of borrowed affixes from other languages such as Sanskrit, Arabic and English. For example, maha-, pasca-, eka-, bi-, anti-, pro- etc
