"mapa-" meaning in Tagalog

See mapa- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /mapa/ [Standard-Tagalog], [mɐ.pɐ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜋᜉ [Baybayin]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *ma- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma- Tagalog ma- Proto-Austronesian *pa- Tagalog pa- Tagalog mapa- From ma- + pa-. Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:af|ma-<id:stative prefix>|pa-|text=++|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *ma- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma- Tagalog ma- Proto-Austronesian *pa- Tagalog pa- Tagalog mapa- [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian", "term" : "*ma-", "lang" : "poz-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "ma-", "lang" : "tl" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Austronesian", "term" : "*pa-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "map-pro", "pos" : "causative prefix" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "pa-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "mapa-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="mapa-"> From ma- + pa-. Head templates: {{tl-head|prefix|b=+}} mapa- (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉ)
  1. to do something unintentionally; to happen to do something Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mapa--tl-prefix-9fzHAxsl
  2. to be able to get someone do something; to be able to have someone do something Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mapa--tl-prefix-82hX4IBq
  3. to be able to cause something to change Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mapa--tl-prefix-q4n-95We
  4. forms an enumerative equivalent to whether ... or ... Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mapa--tl-prefix-4AAoQemt Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Tagalog entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, Tagalog entries with etymology texts, Tagalog entries with etymology trees, Tagalog entries with etymon, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms prefixed with ma- (stative prefix), Tagalog terms prefixed with pa-, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 10 16 17 57 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 9 15 16 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 17 19 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 7 8 81 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 8 9 79 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 6 7 83 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 5 10 11 75 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 6 12 13 69 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology trees: 6 12 13 69 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymon: 0 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 4 9 9 78 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms prefixed with ma- (stative prefix): 12 23 26 39 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms prefixed with pa-: 12 24 26 38 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 5 11 12 72 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 4 9 9 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: napa-
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