ma- -an

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ma- -han
• ma- -nan

Circumfix

ma- -an (Baybayin spelling ᜋ ◌ᜈ᜔ or ᜋ ᜀᜈ᜔)

1. Actor trigger - to suffer the quality of adjective indicated

   ‎dali (“easiness”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎madalian (“to have no difficulty”)

   ‎hirap (“difficulty”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎mahirapan (“to have difficulty”)

2. Actor trigger - to attribute certain quality to something

   ‎ganda (“beauty”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎magandahan (“to find something beautiful”)

   ‎pangit (“ugliness”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎mapangitan (“to find something ugly”)

   ‎laki (“size”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎malakihan (“to find something big”)

   ‎liit (“smallness”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎maliitan (“to find something small”)

   ‎haba (“length”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎mahabaan (“to find something long”)

   ‎iksi (“shortness”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎maiksian (“to find something short”)

   ‎bigat (“heaviness”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎mabigatan (“to find something heavy”)

   ‎gaan (“lightness”) + ‎ma- -an → ‎magaanan (“to find something light in weight”)

Derived terms

Tagalog terms circumfixed with ma- -an