ma- -an

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Circumfix

ma- -an (Baybayin spelling ᜋ ◌ᜈ᜔ or ᜋ ᜀᜈ᜔)

  1. Actor trigger - to suffer the quality of adjective indicated
    ‎dali (“easiness”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎madalian (“to have no difficulty”)
    ‎hirap (“difficulty”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎mahirapan (“to have difficulty”)
  2. Actor trigger - to attribute certain quality to something
    ‎ganda (“beauty”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎magandahan (“to find something beautiful”)
    ‎pangit (“ugliness”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎mapangitan (“to find something ugly”)
    ‎laki (“size”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎malakihan (“to find something big”)
    ‎liit (“smallness”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎maliitan (“to find something small”)
    ‎haba (“length”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎mahabaan (“to find something long”)
    ‎iksi (“shortness”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎maiksian (“to find something short”)
    ‎bigat (“heaviness”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎mabigatan (“to find something heavy”)
    ‎gaan (“lightness”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎magaanan (“to find something light in weight”)

Derived terms

Tagalog terms circumfixed with ma- -an
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