[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- In the writing system of the ancient Maya: an affix positioned below the main sign.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 18th century (in an earlier sense). Probably partly an alteration of suffix after sub-, and partly from sub- + -fix

[], (Verb)

Definitions:
- To fix on or attach below or to the end of something else; to append.

- (Chiefly in passive). In the writing system of the ancient Maya: to attach as a subfix.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Baker. Either from classical Latin subfix-, suffix-, past participial stem of subfīgere, suffīgere