ka- -nan
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an (compare Malay ke- -an).
Circumfix
Usage notes
- Normally, /h/ is inserted before -an when the root word ends with a vowel that is not followed by a glottal stop. In some cases, phoneme change can occur and /h/ becomes /n/.
- Sometimes, the final vowel of the root word disappears when the suffix is added.
- pakana + ka- -nan → kapakanan
- bihasa + ka- -nan → kabihasnan
Derived terms
Tagalog terms circumfixed with ka- -nan
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