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