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Tagalog
Circumfix
ma- -nan (Baybayin spelling ᜋ ᜈᜈ᜔ or ᜋ ᜀᜈ᜔)
- Alternative form of ma- -an
- kuha (“take”) + ma- -nan → makuhanan / makunan
- tuto (“learning”) + ma- -nan → matutunan
- kaya (“capability”) + ma- -nan → makayanan
Usage notes
- Normally, /h/ is inserted before -an when the root word ends with a vowel that is not followed by a glottal stop. In some cases, phoneme change can occur and /h/ becomes /n/.
- kuha + ma- -nan → makunan / makuhanan
Derived terms