Appendix:Malay affixes

Words with prefixes and suffixes can be found by looking up their roots. If you do not know the root of a word, you can find it by choosing its prefix on the list below and looking for it there.

Prefixes

 * 1) ber-
 * Variations: be- (if the root word starts with letter "r")
 * 1) di-
 * 2) ke-
 * 3) me-
 * Variations: men-, mem-, meng-, meny- (depend on the first letter of the root word)
 * 1) pe-
 * Variations: pen-, pem-, peng-, peny- (depend on the first letter of the root word), and per-
 * 1) se-
 * 2) ter-
 * Variations: te- (if the root word starts with letter "r")

Suffixes

 * 1) -an
 * 2) -i
 * 3) -kan

Possessive:
 * 1) -ku
 * 2) -mu
 * 3) -nya

Particle:
 * 1) -kah
 * 2) -lah
 * 3) -tah

Unofficial:
 * 1) -nda
 * 2) -wan/-wati