[…] we can say that the class markers are discontinuous morphemes composed of various parts each of which is prefixed to any noun, adjective, verb, demonstrative, etc., that occurs within a stated section of the utterance. That is, we state a portion of an utterance (a domain) consisting of: demonstrative— — noun — adjective — adjectivizer — verb (or consisting of any portion of this, e.g. just the sequence — noun— verb, which often occurs without the rest of the domain in an utterance). We then state that the class markers are discontinuous morphemes, parts of which occur in each position indicated by — . […] in [Swahili] 'hiki kiti kizuri kimevunʒika' ‘this fine chair broke (lit. it-got-broken)’ the class marker is '… ki ki … ki … ki .…'
- Harris (1951), a pag.182