ikapag-
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Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔikaˈpaɡ/
- Syllabification: i‧ka‧pag-
Prefix
ikapág- (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃᜉᜄ᜔)
- used to form verbs with causative focus, denoting the reason for doing something (for mag- verbs)
- ikapag- + aral (“study”) → ikapag-aral (“to be the reason for studying”) (from mag-aral)
- ikapag- + hirap (“poor”) → ikapaghirap (“to be the reason for becoming poor”) (from maghirap)
Derived terms
Category Tagalog terms prefixed with ikapag- not found