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Adjective Affixes

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 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