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Etymology
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Prefix
pang-
- classifier for trees, stalks, individual trunks of a banana plant, plants, rice seedlings.
Tagalog
- pam- — before initials /b/ and /p/, will sometimes remove initial /b/ and /p/
- pan- — before initials /d/, /s/, /l/ and /t/, will sometimes remove initial /d/, /s/, /l/ and /t/
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋ- (cf. Cebuano pang-, Indonesian peng- and Malay peng-).
Pronunciation
Prefix
pang- (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔)
- (instrumentative prefix) forms nouns indicating a tool or an instrument that is used to perform the action expressed by the root
- pang- + tanggal (“remove, detach”) → pantanggal (“remover”)
- pang- + takip (“a cover”) → pantakip (“an instrument used to cover something”)
- (adjectival prefix) forms relational adjectives indicating use or purpose
- pang- + dalawa (“two”) → pandalawa (“for two”)
- pang- + bahay (“house”) → pambahay (“for use at home”)
- pang- + babae (“woman”) → pambabae (“for women”)
Prefix
pang- (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔)
- (Ordinal prefix) Used to form ordinal numbers
- pang- + dalawa (“two”) → pangalawa (“second”)
- pang- + walo (“eight”) → pangwalo (“eighth”)
Usage notes
Tagalog ordinal numbers prefixed with pang- are usually more informal compared to those prefixed with ika-
Prefix
pang- (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔)
- (with syllable reduplication) an action or a practice associated with the thing or action expressed by the root
- pang- + gamot (“medicine”) → panggagamot (“practice of medicine”)
- pang- + anak (“child”) → panganganak (“giving birth, delivery”)
Derived terms