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Cebuano
Etymology
Apparently from -an + -on.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-anon (Badlit spelling ᜀᜈᜓᜈ᜔)
- forms adjectives from noun roots
- having the characteristic of the noun root
- hari (“king”) + -anon → harianon (“royal”)
- tawo (“person”) + -anon → tawhanon (“human”)
- (with place nouns) from or of that place
- Bohol + -anon → Bol-anon (“of Bohol; inhabitant of Bohol”)
- bukid (“mountain”) + -anon → bukidnon (“from the mountains; mountain dweller”)
Usage notes
- There are many exceptions to affixing:
- Usually, if the root word ends in a consonant, the form -non is used instead.
- langit (“heaven”) + -anon → langitnon (“heavenly”)
- dagat (“sea”) + -anon → dagatnon (“marine”)
- If the root word ends in the vowel /a/ followed by a glottal stop, the latter is removed and the form -n-on is used instead.
- yutà (“land”) + -anon → yutan-on (“earthly”)
- yawà (“devil”) + -anon → yawan-on (“evil”)
- If the root word ends in a vowel without a glottal stop, one of the forms -hanon, -nhon, or -anon is used. Some roots can even do with two or all of these forms.
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