pang-

• panag-

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋ- (cf. Tagalog pang-, Indonesian peng- and Malay peng-).

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /paŋ/ [pɐŋ]
• Hyphenation: pang-

pang- (Badlit spelling ᜉᜅ᜔)

1. plural of pag-, indicating multiple of the action
   1. used to indicate an accustomed action or one exhibiting a system^[1]
   2. used to refer to senses
2. derivational verb-forming prefix
   1. to refer to energetic actions or happening
   2. (verb prefix) to refer to actions of cleaning or beautifying
   3. (noun prefix) to refer to an event or place to attend or go to
   4. (adjectival prefix) to refer to becoming the qualities of the root
   5. to form verbs with no ascertainable meaning
3. noun-forming affix
   1. to refer to performing that action
   2. (instrumentative prefix) indicates a tool or an instrument that is used to perform the action expressed by the root

• The prefix becomes pam- before ⟨b⟩ or ⟨p⟩. The consonants in question may be deleted.
• The prefix becomes pan- before ⟨d⟩, ⟨l⟩, ⟨s⟩, ⟨t⟩. Where the root begins with ⟨d⟩, ⟨s⟩ or ⟨t⟩, the consonants in question may be deleted (e.g. panakot, root sakot).
• Where the root begins with ⟨k⟩ or ⟨ng⟩, the consonants in question may be deleted (e.g. panguros, root krus).
• Where the initial of the root is a vowel (starting with a glottal stop), the resulting affixed form is written without a hyphen (e.g. pangagad, root agad). For some, a hyphen is added after the prefix (e.g. pang-uran instead of panguran, root uran).

• John U. Wolff (1972), A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[2] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

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pang-

1. classifier for trees, stalks, individual trunks of a banana plant, plants, rice seedlings.

• pam- — before initials /b/ and /p/, will sometimes remove initial /b/ and /p/
• pan- — before initials /d/, /s/, /l/ and /t/, will sometimes remove initial /d/, /s/, /l/ and /t/

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋ- (cf. Cebuano pang-, Indonesian peng- and Malay peng-).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paŋ/ [pɐŋ]
• Syllabification: pang-

pang- (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔)

1. (instrumentative prefix) forms nouns indicating a tool or an instrument that is used to perform the action expressed by the root

   ‎pang- + ‎tanggal (“remove, detach”) → ‎pantanggal (“remover”)

   ‎pang- + ‎takip (“a cover”) → ‎pantakip (“an instrument used to cover something”)

2. (adjectival prefix) forms relational adjectives indicating use or purpose

   ‎pang- + ‎dalawa (“two”) → ‎pandalawa (“for two”)

   ‎pang- + ‎bahay (“house”) → ‎pambahay (“for use at home”)

   ‎pang- + ‎babae (“woman”) → ‎pambabae (“for women”)

pang- (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔)

1. (Ordinal prefix) Used to form ordinal numbers

   ‎pang- + ‎dalawa (“two”) → ‎pangalawa (“second”)

   ‎pang- + ‎walo (“eight”) → ‎pangwalo (“eighth”)

Tagalog ordinal numbers prefixed with pang- are usually more informal compared to those prefixed with ika-

pang- (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔)

1. (with syllable reduplication) an action or a practice associated with the thing or action expressed by the root

   ‎pang- + ‎gamot (“medicine”) → ‎panggagamot (“practice of medicine”)

   ‎pang- + ‎anak (“child”) → ‎panganganak (“giving birth, delivery”)