nakaka-
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /nakaka/ [nɐ.xɐ.xɐ]
- Syllabification: na‧ka‧ka-
Prefix edit
nakaka- (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜃᜃ) (informal)
- causing or producing something
- Synonyms: ka-, nakakapang-
- nakaka- + takot (“fear”) → nakakatakot (“frightening”)
- nakaka- + inis (“annoyance”) → nakakainis (“annoying”)
- nakaka- + sakit (“pain”) → nakakasakit (“painful”)
- used to form progressive aspects of verbs prefixed with maka-
Usage notes edit
- These forms are very common in use. However, in standard Tagalog, using naka- with initial reduplication of the root is more formal.