Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
mang-. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
mang-, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
mang- in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
mang- you have here. The definition of the word
mang- will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
mang-, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Garo
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Classifier
mang-
- classifier for animals
Minangkabau
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayic *mAN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
mang-
- Used to form an active verb.
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-. Compare Malay meng-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
mang- (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔)
- 3rd actor trigger verb prefix
- to practice the action of the root
- mang- + gamot (“medicine”) → manggamot (“to practice medicine; to work as a doctor”)
- mang- + anak (“child”) → manganak (“to give birth”)
- mang- + bili (“buying”) → mamili (“to go shopping”)
- mang- + abala (“bothersome”) → mang-abala (“to bother”)
- mang- + kabayo (“horse”) → mangabayo (“to go horseback riding”)
- To take the state expressed by the root partially or temporarily
- mang- + pula (“red”) → mamula (“to redden; to go reddish”)
- (with root reduplication) Forms nouns signifying occupations or doer of the action expressed by the root
- mang- + isda (“fish”) → mangingisda (“fisher; fisherman”)
- mang- + batas (“law”) → mambabatas (“lawmaker; legislator”)
Usage notes
- Along with the prefix pang-, this prefix is affected by initial consonant mutations.
- The prefix becomes mam- before ⟨b⟩ or ⟨p⟩. Where the root begins with ⟨p⟩, the consonants in question may be deleted.
- the prefix becomes man- before ⟨d⟩, ⟨l⟩, ⟨s⟩, ⟨t⟩. Where the root begins with ⟨s⟩ or ⟨t⟩, the consonants in question may be deleted (e.g. manusok, root tusok)).
- Where the initial of the root is a /k/, the sound is dropped (e.g. manguha, root kuha)).
- Where the initial of the root is a vowel, the resulting affixed form is written without a hyphen (e.g. manganak, root anak)), however this is typically not observed in more recent affixed forms where a hyphen is added (e.g. *mang-inis for manginis, root inis)).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mang-”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018