"mang-" meaning in Tagalog

See mang- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /maŋ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [mɐŋ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜋᜅ᜔ [Baybayin]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *-um- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-um- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paN- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- Tagalog mang- Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-. Compare Malay meng-. Etymology templates: {{etymon|tl|:inh|poz-pro:*maN-|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *-um- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-um- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paN- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- Tagalog mang- [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian", "term" : "*-um-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "poz-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian", "term" : "*paN-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "poz-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian", "term" : "*maN-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "poz-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "mang-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="mang-"> Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-., {{cog|ms|meng-}} Malay meng- Head templates: {{tl-head|prefix|b=+}} mang- (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔)
  1. 3rd actor trigger verb prefix
    to practice the action of the root
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mang--tl-prefix-K99uloMd Categories (other): Tagalog entries with etymology texts, Tagalog entries with etymology trees, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 39 39 21 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology trees: 39 39 21 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 21 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 36 36 28
  2. 3rd actor trigger verb prefix
    To take the state expressed by the root partially or temporarily
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mang--tl-prefix-j-Ztk2eh Categories (other): Tagalog entries with etymology texts, Tagalog entries with etymology trees, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 39 39 21 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology trees: 39 39 21 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 21 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 36 36 28
  3. (with root reduplication) Forms nouns signifying occupations or doer of the action expressed by the root Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mang--tl-prefix-W3Mv1VBN Categories (other): Tagalog entries with etymology texts, Tagalog entries with etymology trees, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 39 39 21 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology trees: 39 39 21 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 39 39 21 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 36 36 28

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "poz-pro:*maN-",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Austronesian *-um-\nProto-Malayo-Polynesian *-um-\nProto-Malayo-Polynesian *paN-\nProto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-\nTagalog mang-\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Malayo-Polynesian\", \"term\" : \"*-um-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"poz-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Malayo-Polynesian\", \"term\" : \"*paN-\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"poz-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Malayo-Polynesian\", \"term\" : \"*maN-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"poz-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Tagalog\", \"term\" : \"mang-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"tl\" }\" data-lang=\"tl\" data-title=\"mang-\">\nInherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-.",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "meng-"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay meng-",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Austronesian *-um-\nProto-Malayo-Polynesian *-um-\nProto-Malayo-Polynesian *paN-\nProto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-\nTagalog mang-\nInherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-. Compare Malay meng-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜅ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prefix",
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "mang- (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mang-"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mang",
        ""
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 39 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 39 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 39 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 36 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mang- + gamot (“medicine”) → manggamot (“to practice medicine; to work as a doctor”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "mang- + anak (“child”) → manganak (“to give birth”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "mang- + bili (“buying”) → mamili (“to go shopping”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "mang- + abala (“bothersome”) → mang-abala (“to bother”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "mang- + kabayo (“horse”) → mangabayo (“to go horseback riding”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "3rd actor trigger verb prefix",
        "to practice the action of the root"
      ],
      "id": "en-mang--tl-prefix-K99uloMd",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 39 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 39 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 39 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 36 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mang- + pula (“red”) → mamula (“to redden; to go reddish”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "3rd actor trigger verb prefix",
        "To take the state expressed by the root partially or temporarily"
      ],
      "id": "en-mang--tl-prefix-j-Ztk2eh",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 39 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 39 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 39 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 36 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mang- + isda (“fish”) → mangingisda (“fisher; fisherman”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "mang- + batas (“law”) → mambabatas (“lawmaker; legislator”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns signifying occupations or doer of the action expressed by the root"
      ],
      "id": "en-mang--tl-prefix-W3Mv1VBN",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with root reduplication) Forms nouns signifying occupations or doer of the action expressed by the root"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with root reduplication"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mang-"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Tagalog 1-syllable words",
    "Tagalog entries with etymology texts",
    "Tagalog entries with etymology trees",
    "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tagalog lemmas",
    "Tagalog prefixes",
    "Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
    "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "poz-pro:*maN-",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Austronesian *-um-\nProto-Malayo-Polynesian *-um-\nProto-Malayo-Polynesian *paN-\nProto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-\nTagalog mang-\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Malayo-Polynesian\", \"term\" : \"*-um-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"poz-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Malayo-Polynesian\", \"term\" : \"*paN-\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"poz-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Malayo-Polynesian\", \"term\" : \"*maN-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"poz-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Tagalog\", \"term\" : \"mang-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"tl\" }\" data-lang=\"tl\" data-title=\"mang-\">\nInherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-.",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "meng-"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay meng-",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Austronesian *-um-\nProto-Malayo-Polynesian *-um-\nProto-Malayo-Polynesian *paN-\nProto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-\nTagalog mang-\nInherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-. Compare Malay meng-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜅ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prefix",
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "mang- (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mang-"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mang",
        ""
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mang- + gamot (“medicine”) → manggamot (“to practice medicine; to work as a doctor”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "mang- + anak (“child”) → manganak (“to give birth”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "mang- + bili (“buying”) → mamili (“to go shopping”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "mang- + abala (“bothersome”) → mang-abala (“to bother”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "mang- + kabayo (“horse”) → mangabayo (“to go horseback riding”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "3rd actor trigger verb prefix",
        "to practice the action of the root"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mang- + pula (“red”) → mamula (“to redden; to go reddish”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "3rd actor trigger verb prefix",
        "To take the state expressed by the root partially or temporarily"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mang- + isda (“fish”) → mangingisda (“fisher; fisherman”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "mang- + batas (“law”) → mambabatas (“lawmaker; legislator”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns signifying occupations or doer of the action expressed by the root"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with root reduplication) Forms nouns signifying occupations or doer of the action expressed by the root"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with root reduplication"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mang-"
}

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