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Tagalog
- pan- -han — for roots ending in vowels, not followed by glottal stops
- pam- -an — before root initials ⟨b⟩ and ⟨p⟩, will sometimes remove initial ⟨b⟩ and ⟨p⟩
Pronunciation
Circumfix
pan- -an (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ ◌ᜈ᜔ or ᜉᜈ᜔ ᜀᜈ᜔)
- alternative form of pang- -an for roots with initials ⟨d⟩, ⟨s⟩ and ⟨t⟩, which will usually have them removed
- titik (“letter”) + pan- -an → panitikan (“literature”)
- sandali (“a moment”) + pan- -an → panandalian (“short-term”)
- sagot (“response”) + pan- -an → pananagutan (“responsibility”)
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/.
- tira + pan- -an → panirahan
- talo + pan- -an → panaluhan
- talo + pan- -an → panalunan
Derived terms