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- -anmadalian (to have no difficulty)
    hirap (difficulty) + ma- -anmahirapan (to have difficulty)
  2. Actor trigger - to attribute certain quality to something
    ganda (beauty) + ma- -anmagandahan (to find something beautiful)
    pangit (ugliness) + ma- -anmapangitan (to find something ugly)
    laki (size) + ma- -anmalakihan (to find something big)
    liit (smallness) + ma- -anmaliitan (to find something small)
    haba (length) + ma- -anmahabaan (to find something long)
    iksi (shortness) + ma- -anmaiksian (to find something short)
    bigat (heaviness) + ma- -anmabigatan (to find something heavy)
    gaan (lightness) + ma- -anmagaanan (to find something light in weight)

Derived terms

Tagalog terms circumfixed with ma- -an
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