Cebuano

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Prefix

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man-

  1. alternative spelling of mang-

Kankanaey

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *maʀ-. Compare Tagalog mag-.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey)
  • Syllabification: man-

Prefix

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man-

  1. actor trigger verb prefix
    man- + ‎inom (drink) → ‎man-inom (to drink)
  2. used to form adjectives indicating an attribute
    man- + ‎kilat (white) → ‎mankilat ... (white ...)

References

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  • Janet L. Allen (2014) Kankanaey: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis[1] (overall work in English), →ISBN

Kapampangan

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Prefix

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man-

  1. verbal affix used to indicate actor focused progressive tense

Malagasy

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Prefix

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man-

  1. Prefix used to form active transitive verbs, and sometimes used to form adjectives.

Alternative forms

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  • mam- before bilabial consonants.

Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Prefix

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man- (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of mang-, if the root starts with alveolar consonants, such as ⟨d⟩, ⟨l⟩, ⟨n⟩, ⟨r⟩, ⟨s⟩, or ⟨t⟩, which gets nasally assimilated to the prefix ending when starts with voiceless alveolar consonants, ⟨s⟩ and ⟨t⟩ or sometimes ⟨d⟩.
    man- + ‎digma (war) → ‎mandirigma (warrior)
    man- + ‎dalangin (prayer) → ‎manalangin (to pray)
    man- + ‎loko (trickery) → ‎manloko (to trick)
    man- + ‎nood (view) → ‎manonood (viewer)
    man- + ‎silip (peep) → ‎maninilip (peeping tom)
    man- + ‎Tagalog (Tagalog language) → ‎managalog (to speak Tagalog)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • man-”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ye'kwana

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Pronunciation

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Prefix

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man-

  1. Allomorph of mön- (first-person agent/second-person patient prefix) used for stems that begin with a vowel a.

Inflection

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