mag- -an
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "magan"
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maɡ an/ [mɐɡ ɐn̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: mag- -an
Circumfix
[edit]mag- -an (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ ◌ᜈ᜔)
- Actor trigger/focus verb circumfix used to express an action done reciprocally or simultaneously.
- halik (“kiss”) + mag- -an → maghalikan (“to kiss each other”)
- kanta (“song”) + mag- -han → magkantahan (“to sing together; to sing one after another”)
- tulong (“help”) + mag- -an → magtulungan (“to help each other”)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Fiona De Vos, Frederik De Vos ((Can we date this quote?)) “Mag-…-an: Tagalog Verb Affix”, in Learning Tagalog