pang-

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pang-

1. classifier for trees, stalks, individual trunks of a banana plant, plants, rice seedlings.

• pam- — before initials /b/ and /p/, will sometimes remove initial /b/ and /p/
• pan- — before initials /d/, /s/, /l/ and /t/, will sometimes remove initial /d/, /s/, /l/ and /t/

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋ- (cf. Cebuano pang-, Indonesian peng- and Malay peng-).

pang- (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔)

1. (instrumentative prefix) forms nouns indicating a tool or an instrument that is used to perform the action expressed by the root

   ‎pang- + ‎tanggal (“remove, detach”) → ‎pantanggal (“remover”)

   ‎pang- + ‎takip (“a cover”) → ‎pantakip (“an instrument used to cover something”)

2. (adjectival prefix) forms relational adjectives indicating use or purpose

   ‎pang- + ‎dalawa (“two”) → ‎pandalawa (“for two”)

   ‎pang- + ‎bahay (“house”) → ‎pambahay (“for use at home”)

   ‎pang- + ‎babae (“woman”) → ‎pambabae (“for women”)

pang- (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔)

1. (Ordinal prefix) Used to form ordinal numbers

   ‎pang- + ‎dalawa (“two”) → ‎pangalawa (“second”)

   ‎pang- + ‎walo (“eight”) → ‎pangwalo (“eighth”)

Tagalog ordinal numbers prefixed with pang- are usually more informal compared to those prefixed with ika-

pang- (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔)

1. (with syllable reduplication) an action or a practice associated with the thing or action expressed by the root

   ‎pang- + ‎gamot (“medicine”) → ‎panggagamot (“practice of medicine”)

   ‎pang- + ‎anak (“child”) → ‎panganganak (“giving birth, delivery”)