en- -en

• em- -en (before b-, p-, or m-)

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈ-, -ən/

en- -en

1. Forms transitive verbs denoting an increase in, or intensification of, the quality denoted by the enclosed word.

Note: Not all of these words listed were etymologically constructed with the en- -en circumfix. Those confirmed to have been so constructed are marked with obeli (^†s); those confirmed to have been formed otherwise are marked with asterisks (*s); and those whose origins are uncertain are unmarked.

• a- -ing

• Most dictionaries do not consider the concept of a circumfix to be valid for production rules in current English, and since en- -en can be analyzed as a redundant combination of the prefix en- and the suffix -en, most dictionaries do not have a separate entry for it.

• Nene, neen, nene, nēnē