taga-

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See also: taga, tága, tägä, tåga, and ta̱ga'

Cebuano

Prefix

taga-

  1. filled to a specified extent or height

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Pangasinan taga.

Pronunciation

Prefix

tagá- (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄ)

  1. 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)
  2. 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-

  1. after-, post-
  2. 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