mang-

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mang-

1. classifier for animals

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *mAN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-.

• IPA^(key): /maŋ/

mang-

1. Used to form an active verb.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-. Compare Malay meng-.

• IPA^(key): /maŋ/, [mɐŋ]

mang- (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔)

1. 3rd actor trigger verb prefix
   1. to practice the action of the root

      ‎mang- + ‎gamot (“medicine”) → ‎manggamot (“to practice medicine; to work as a doctor”)

      ‎mang- + ‎anak (“child”) → ‎manganak (“to give birth”)

      ‎mang- + ‎bili (“buying”) → ‎mamili (“to go shopping”)

      ‎mang- + ‎abala (“bothersome”) → ‎mang-abala (“to bother”)

      ‎mang- + ‎kabayo (“horse”) → ‎mangabayo (“to go horseback riding”)

   2. To take the state expressed by the root partially or temporarily

      ‎mang- + ‎pula (“red”) → ‎mamula (“to redden; to go reddish”)

2. (with root reduplication) Forms nouns signifying occupations or doer of the action expressed by the root

   ‎mang- + ‎isda (“fish”) → ‎mangingisda (“fisher; fisherman”)

   ‎mang- + ‎batas (“law”) → ‎mambabatas (“lawmaker; legislator”)

• Along with the prefix pang-, this prefix is affected by initial consonant mutations.
• The prefix becomes mam- before ⟨b⟩ or ⟨p⟩. Where the root begins with ⟨p⟩, the consonants in question may be deleted.
• the prefix becomes man- before ⟨d⟩, ⟨l⟩, ⟨s⟩, ⟨t⟩. Where the root begins with ⟨s⟩ or ⟨t⟩, the consonants in question may be deleted (e.g. manusok, root tusok)).
• Where the initial of the root is a /k/, the sound is dropped (e.g. manguha, root kuha)).
• Where the initial of the root is a vowel, the resulting affixed form is written without a hyphen (e.g. manganak, root anak)), however this is typically not observed in more recent affixed forms where a hyphen is added (e.g. *mang-inis for manginis, root inis)).

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