man-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "man"

Cebuano

Prefix

man-

  1. alternative spelling of mang-

Kapampangan

Prefix

man-

  1. verbal affix used to indicate actor focused progressive tense

Malagasy

Prefix

man-

  1. Prefix used to form active transitive verbs, and sometimes used to form adjectives.

Alternative forms

  • mam- before bilabial consonants.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Prefix

man- (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of mang-, if the root starts with alveolar consonants, such as ⟨d⟩, ⟨l⟩, ⟨n⟩, ⟨r⟩, ⟨s⟩, or ⟨t⟩, which gets nasally assimilated to the prefix ending when starts with voiceless alveolar consonants, ⟨s⟩ and ⟨t⟩ or sometimes ⟨d⟩.
    man- + digma (war)mandirigma (warrior)
    man- + dalangin (prayer)manalangin (to pray)
    man- + loko (trickery)manloko (to trick)
    man- + nood (view)manonood (viewer)
    man- + silip (peep)maninilip (peeping tom)
    man- + Tagalog (Tagalog language)managalog (to speak Tagalog)

Derived terms

Tagalog terms prefixed with man-

Further reading

  • man-”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [man-]

Prefix

man-

  1. Allomorph of mön- (first-person agent/second-person patient prefix) used for stems that begin with a vowel a.

Inflection

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