naka-

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /naka/ [n̪ɐ.kɐ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ka-

naka- (Badlit spelling ᜈᜃ)

1. inchoative aspect of maka-

• John U. Wolff (1972), A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

• nka- — text messaging

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /naka/ [n̪ɐ.xɐ]
• Syllabification: na‧ka-

naká- (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜃ)

1. used to form complete aspects of verbs prefixed with maka-
2. in a certain position, state or condition

   ‎naka- + ‎upo (“sitting”) → ‎nakaupo (“seated”)

   ‎naka- + ‎sulat (“writing, letter”) → ‎nakasulat (“written”)

3. wearing something

   ‎naka- + ‎salamin (“eyeglasses”) → ‎nakasalamin (“wearing eyeglasses”)

   ‎naka- + ‎puti (“white”) → ‎nakaputi (“wearing white”)

• anak, ka- -an, Kana, kana