Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A character written under another character or word; a subscript character.
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- noun One or more letters or sounds added at the bottom of a word to modify the word's meaning. These are found in
Maya script. - verb To add one or more letters or sounds to the bottom of a word to change the word's meaning.
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Examples
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In the affixes, the superfix and prefix positions may as a general rule be regarded as wholly identical; also the subfix and postfix positions.
Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs William Gates 1901
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[Hieroglyph] subfix and with varying prefixes (frequently faces), as especially see page 5.
Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs William Gates 1901
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A classified list shows 28 compounds of this glyph, [Hieroglyph] 20 of these showing the subfix, and combined with a face or other prefix.
Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs William Gates 1901
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As the subfix in plate LXIV, 48, is the character I have usually interpreted by _u_, this would give us some of the elements of the name _Kukulcan_ and not _Itzamna_, as Seler and Schellhas suppose.
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