"-an" meaning in Tagalog

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Suffix

IPA: /an/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ɐn] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ◌ᜈ᜔ [Baybayin], ᜀᜈ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -an Etymology: From Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-an, from Proto-Austronesian *-an. Etymology templates: {{inh|tl|phi-pro|*-an}} Proto-Philippine *-an, {{inh|tl|poz-pro|*-an}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-an, {{inh|tl|map-pro|*-an}} Proto-Austronesian *-an Head templates: {{tl-verb|b=+|b2=an}} -an (verb-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ◌ᜈ᜔ or ᜀᜈ᜔)
  1. object trigger: to do something to a person or a thing Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--an-tl-suffix-mauiLuS4
  2. object trigger: to cause something to become; to make Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--an-tl-suffix-AuESIvhY
  3. directional trigger: to do something in the (physical or psychological) direction of Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--an-tl-suffix-6haS4htT
  4. benefactive trigger: to do something for Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--an-tl-suffix-1xXLxCxN
  5. object trigger: (with root word reduplication) to do something occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--an-tl-suffix-KFAU9rp8 Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 3 5 21 19 3 7 7 6 13 2 6 2 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 1 4 2 4 19 17 1 7 8 7 13 3 9 5 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 2 6 4 7 13 12 2 7 8 6 8 5 12 8 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 2 4 3 4 19 17 2 7 7 7 13 3 8 5
  6. directional trigger: (with root word reduplication) to do something in the (physical or psychological) direction of, occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--an-tl-suffix-l78BEN4d Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 3 5 21 19 3 7 7 6 13 2 6 2 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 1 4 2 4 19 17 1 7 8 7 13 3 9 5 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 2 6 4 7 13 12 2 7 8 6 8 5 12 8 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 2 4 3 4 19 17 2 7 7 7 13 3 8 5
  7. object trigger: to perform the action of the verb on something Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--an-tl-suffix-WuNc4qnx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -han, -nan

Suffix

IPA: /an/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ɐn] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ◌ᜈ᜔ [Baybayin], ᜀᜈ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -an Etymology: From Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-an, from Proto-Austronesian *-an. Etymology templates: {{inh|tl|phi-pro|*-an}} Proto-Philippine *-an, {{inh|tl|poz-pro|*-an}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-an, {{inh|tl|map-pro|*-an}} Proto-Austronesian *-an Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+|b2=an}} -an (noun-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ◌ᜈ᜔ or ᜀᜈ᜔)
  1. Forms locative nouns expressing where a large quantity of the thing meant by the root is put, planted, or can be found Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--an-tl-suffix-eyzR9BAZ
  2. Forms locative nouns where the action expressed by the root is performed Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--an-tl-suffix-KLQg8qxq
  3. Forms nouns expressing period in which the action expressed by the root is collectively performed Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--an-tl-suffix-c3Qv9whO
  4. Forms nouns indicating a tool or an object that is used to perform what is meant by the root Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--an-tl-suffix-NqEXNHpC Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 3 5 21 19 3 7 7 6 13 2 6 2 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 1 4 2 4 19 17 1 7 8 7 13 3 9 5 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 2 4 3 4 19 17 2 7 7 7 13 3 8 5
  5. Forms nouns signifying reciprocal or joint performance of the action expressed by the root Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--an-tl-suffix-gC5-6p8Y
  6. Used to create a diminutive, pretensive, or imitative form of something (used with reduplication of root word) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--an-tl-suffix-iXgUQi20 Categories (other): Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 2 6 4 7 13 12 2 7 8 6 8 5 12 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -han, -nan

Suffix

IPA: /an/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ɐn] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ◌ᜈ᜔ [Baybayin], ᜀᜈ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -an Etymology: From Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-an, from Proto-Austronesian *-an. Etymology templates: {{inh|tl|phi-pro|*-an}} Proto-Philippine *-an, {{inh|tl|poz-pro|*-an}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-an, {{inh|tl|map-pro|*-an}} Proto-Austronesian *-an Head templates: {{tl-adv|b=+|b2=an}} -an (adverb-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ◌ᜈ᜔ or ᜀᜈ᜔)
  1. (appended to numbers) Used to indicate groups. Tags: morpheme Related terms: ka- -an
    Sense id: en--an-tl-suffix-fEIWGhXe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -han, -nan

Alternative forms

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      "form": "◌ᜈ᜔",
      "tags": [
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        {
          "english": "(You) open the door (door is focused).)",
          "text": "Buksan mo ang pinto.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "object trigger: to do something to a person or a thing"
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    {
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          "english": "Sue slowed down the car. (The car is focused.)",
          "text": "Binagalan ni Sue ang kotse.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "object trigger: to cause something to become; to make"
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        "morpheme"
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    {
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        {
          "english": "I'm looking at the manual. (The manual is focused).)",
          "text": "Tinitingnan ko ang manwal.",
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        "directional trigger: to do something in the (physical or psychological) direction of"
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        "morpheme"
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        {
          "english": "I'll leave some cake for Roy. (Roy is focused).)",
          "text": "Titirhan ko si Roy ng keyk.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "benefactive trigger: to do something for"
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    {
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          "_dis": "2 6 4 7 13 12 2 7 8 6 8 5 12 8",
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          "_dis": "2 4 3 4 19 17 2 7 7 7 13 3 8 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm sweeping the floor a bit. (The floor is focused).)",
          "text": "Winawalis-walisan; ko ang sahig.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "object trigger: (with root word reduplication) to do something occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there"
      ],
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      "tags": [
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          "_dis": "3 4 3 5 21 19 3 7 7 6 13 2 6 2",
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        {
          "english": "Jessy helped Patty a bit. (Patty is focused).)",
          "text": "Tinutulung-tulungan ni Jessy si Patty.",
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        "directional trigger: (with root word reduplication) to do something in the (physical or psychological) direction of, occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there"
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    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Don't write anything on the document.",
          "text": "Huwag mong sulatan ang dokumento.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "object trigger: to perform the action of the verb on something"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
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      "form": "◌ᜈ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ᜀᜈ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
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    "-an"
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  "lang": "Tagalog",
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  "senses": [
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        {
          "text": "aklat (“book”) + -an → aklatan (“library”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "basura (“trash”) + -an → basurahan (“trash can”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Forms locative nouns expressing where a large quantity of the thing meant by the root is put, planted, or can be found"
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      "tags": [
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          "text": "kain (“eat”) + -an → kainan (“place where people eat e.g. restaurant, café,...”)",
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        }
      ],
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        "Forms locative nouns where the action expressed by the root is performed"
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      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ani (“harvest”) + -an → anihan (“harvest time”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "pasok (“entry, class, work”) + -an → pasukan (“school time, school year”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns expressing period in which the action expressed by the root is collectively performed"
      ],
      "id": "en--an-tl-suffix-c3Qv9whO",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
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          "_dis": "3 4 3 5 21 19 3 7 7 6 13 2 6 2",
          "kind": "other",
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          "text": "oras (“time”) + -an → orasan (“clock, watch”)",
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        {
          "text": "timbang (“weight”) + -an → timbangan (“weighing scale”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Forms nouns indicating a tool or an object that is used to perform what is meant by the root"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
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        {
          "text": "sayaw (“dance”) + -an → sayawan (“dancing together”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "kanta (“sing”) + -an → kantahan (“singing together”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns signifying reciprocal or joint performance of the action expressed by the root"
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      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
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        {
          "text": "bahay (“house”) + -an → bahay-bahayan (“toy house”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Diyos (“God”) + -an → diyos-diyosan (“false god”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "baril (“gun”) + -an → baril-barilan (“toy gun”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
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      "tags": [
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    }
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}

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      "tags": [
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        "Used to indicate groups."
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        "(appended to numbers) Used to indicate groups."
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      "word": "-nan"
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}
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    "Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Philippine",
    "Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Philippine",
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    "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "3": "*-an"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Philippine *-an",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*-an"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*-an"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "◌ᜈ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜀᜈ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
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    }
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "(You) open the door (door is focused).)",
          "text": "Buksan mo ang pinto.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "object trigger: to do something to a person or a thing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tagalog terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Sue slowed down the car. (The car is focused.)",
          "text": "Binagalan ni Sue ang kotse.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "object trigger: to cause something to become; to make"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tagalog terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I'm looking at the manual. (The manual is focused).)",
          "text": "Tinitingnan ko ang manwal.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "directional trigger: to do something in the (physical or psychological) direction of"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tagalog terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'll leave some cake for Roy. (Roy is focused).)",
          "text": "Titirhan ko si Roy ng keyk.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "benefactive trigger: to do something for"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tagalog terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm sweeping the floor a bit. (The floor is focused).)",
          "text": "Winawalis-walisan; ko ang sahig.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "object trigger: (with root word reduplication) to do something occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tagalog terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Jessy helped Patty a bit. (Patty is focused).)",
          "text": "Tinutulung-tulungan ni Jessy si Patty.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "directional trigger: (with root word reduplication) to do something in the (physical or psychological) direction of, occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tagalog terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Don't write anything on the document.",
          "text": "Huwag mong sulatan ang dokumento.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "object trigger: to perform the action of the verb on something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/an/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɐn]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
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    {
      "word": "-han"
    },
    {
      "word": "-nan"
    }
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}

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    "Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Philippine",
    "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
    "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
    "Tagalog verb-forming suffixes"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "form": "◌ᜈ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜀᜈ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
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        "b2": "an"
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          "text": "aklat (“book”) + -an → aklatan (“library”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "basura (“trash”) + -an → basurahan (“trash can”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Forms locative nouns expressing where a large quantity of the thing meant by the root is put, planted, or can be found"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "kain (“eat”) + -an → kainan (“place where people eat e.g. restaurant, café,...”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms locative nouns where the action expressed by the root is performed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ani (“harvest”) + -an → anihan (“harvest time”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "pasok (“entry, class, work”) + -an → pasukan (“school time, school year”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns expressing period in which the action expressed by the root is collectively performed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "oras (“time”) + -an → orasan (“clock, watch”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "timbang (“weight”) + -an → timbangan (“weighing scale”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns indicating a tool or an object that is used to perform what is meant by the root"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sayaw (“dance”) + -an → sayawan (“dancing together”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "kanta (“sing”) + -an → kantahan (“singing together”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns signifying reciprocal or joint performance of the action expressed by the root"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "bahay (“house”) + -an → bahay-bahayan (“toy house”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Diyos (“God”) + -an → diyos-diyosan (“false god”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "baril (“gun”) + -an → baril-barilan (“toy gun”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to create a diminutive, pretensive, or imitative form of something (used with reduplication of root word)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/an/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɐn]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
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    {
      "word": "-han"
    },
    {
      "word": "-nan"
    }
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}

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    "Tagalog lemmas",
    "Tagalog noun-forming suffixes",
    "Tagalog suffixes",
    "Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Philippine",
    "Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Philippine",
    "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
    "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
    "Tagalog verb-forming suffixes"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "◌ᜈ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜀᜈ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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        "b2": "an"
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      "name": "tl-adv"
    }
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  "lang_code": "tl",
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    {
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    }
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "tatlo (“three”) + -an → tatluhan (“in threes, three at a time”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "dalawampu (“twenty”) + -an → dalawampuan (“in groups of twenty, twenty at a time”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Used to indicate groups."
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        "(appended to numbers) Used to indicate groups."
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
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      "word": "-han"
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    {
      "word": "-nan"
    }
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}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: verb-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-an"
  ],
  "section": "Tagalog",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-an",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-an"
  ],
  "section": "Tagalog",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-an",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: adverb-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-an"
  ],
  "section": "Tagalog",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-an",
  "trace": ""
}

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