Bahasa Indonesia/Affixation

meN-, peN-

• N -> m before (p), b, f
• N -> n before (t), d, c, j, z
• N -> ny before (s)
• N -> ng before (k), g, h, x and all vowels
• N -> ∅ before all remaining consonants: m, n, ny, ng, l, r, w, y
• Consonants in parenthesis are lost after the nasal (p, t, k, s)

	Bilabial	Labio- Dental	Alveolar	Post- Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal	Labial- Velar
Nasal	m		n		ɲ	ŋ
Stop	(p)   b		(t)   d			(k)   g	ʔ
Affricate				tʃ   dʒ
Fricative		f	(s)  z	ʃ		x	h
Approximant					j			w
Lateral			l
Tap			r

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Close-Mid	e	ə	o
Open		a

• Initial p is retained in affix per- after affix meN-: meN + per + kecil -> memperkecil.
• Prefix peN- is the same meN- except initial p in per- is lost after affix peN-: peN + per + satu -> pemersatu