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Cebuano
Prefix
taga-
- filled to a specified extent or height
Tagalog
Etymology
Compare Pangasinan taga.
Pronunciation
Prefix
tagá- (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄ)
- prefix used to denote place or origin, birth, or residence of a person
- taga- + bundok (“mountain”) → tagabundok (“person from the mountains”)
- taga- + Maynila (“Manila”) → taga-Maynila (“person from Manila”)
- prefix used to denote the occupation or duty assigned to someone
- taga- + luto (“to cook”) → tagaluto (“cook; chef”)
- taga- + payo (“to advice”) → tagapayo (“adviser”)
- taga- + linis (“to clean”) → tagalinis (“cleaner”)
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
Veps
Etymology
See taga.
Prefix
taga-
- after-, post-
- rear, back, hind
Antonyms
Derived terms
Category Veps terms prefixed with taga- not found
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “задний, обратный”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika