Editing Infix (section)

==Austronesian and Austroasiatic languages==
Infixes are common in some [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] and [[Austroasiatic languages]], but not in others. For example,  in [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]], a grammatical form similar to the [[active voice]] is formed by adding the infix {{infix|um}} near the beginning of a verb. The most common infix is {{infix|in}} which marks the perfect aspect, as in '{{lang|tl|giniba|italic=no}}', meaning 'ruined' (from '{{lang|tl|giba}}', an adjective meaning 'worn-out'); '{{lang|tl|binato}}', meaning 'stoned' (from '{{lang|tl|bato}}', 'stone'); and '{{lang|tl|ginamit}}', meaning 'used'{{vague|say from what word.|date=February 2025}}. Tagalog has borrowed the English word ''graduate'' as a verb; to say "I graduated" a speaker uses the derived form {{lang|tl|gr'''um'''aduate}}.

[[Khmer language|Khmer]], an Austroasiatic language, has seven different infixes. They include the nominalizing infix {{infix|b}}, which derives {{lang|km|l'''b'''ɨən}} 'speed' from {{lang|km|lɨən}} 'fast' and  {{lang|km|l'''b'''ɑɑng}} ' trial' from {{lang|km|lɔɔng}} 'to test, to haunt', or the agentive {{infix|m}} deriving {{lang|km|c'''m'''am}} 'watchman' from {{lang|km|cam}} 'to watch'. These elements are no longer productive, and occur crystallized in words inherited from [[Old Khmer]].

In [[Malay language|Malay]] and [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], there are three infixes (''sisipan''), {{infix|el}}, {{infix|em}}, and {{infix|er}}. All infixes are no longer [[Productivity (linguistics)|productive]] and cannot be used to derive new words.
Examples include:
* The word 'gembung' (variant of 'kembung') means "bloated", while 'g'''el'''embung' means "bubble"'.
* The word 'cerlang' means "luminous", while 'c'''em'''erlang' means "brilliant"'.
* The word 'gigi' means "tooth", while 'g'''er'''igi' means "serration"'.