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{
"_dis": "35 25 35 6",
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"text": "pa- + punta (“destination”) → papunta (“be coming/ be going/ be arriving/ be on the way”)"
},
{
"text": "pa- + tapos (“end”) → patapos (“be about to end”)"
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"english": "Could you please throw this to the trash can?",
"text": "Patapon naman 'to sa basurahan.",
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "pa- + dala (“carry”) → padala (“remittance/ package [an object that is requested to be brought or sent]”)"
},
{
"text": "pa- + piging (“a banquet”) → papiging (“a banquet that is organized by someone [usually followed by \"ng organization\" or \"ni name of person\"]”)"
}
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"(informal) indication of direction"
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"pa-"
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"pa",
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"text": "pa- + punta (“destination”) → papunta (“be coming/ be going/ be arriving/ be on the way”)"
},
{
"text": "pa- + tapos (“end”) → patapos (“be about to end”)"
},
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10,
25
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0,
7
]
],
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"text": "Patapos na ang pelikula.",
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"adverbial prefix - indicates process of performing the action of the verb"
],
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"adverbial#English"
]
],
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"morpheme"
]
},
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"Tagalog terms with usage examples"
],
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[
10,
22
]
],
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[
0,
7
]
],
"english": "Could you please throw this to the trash can?",
"text": "Patapon naman 'to sa basurahan.",
"type": "example"
}
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"word": "paki- or magpa-"
}
],
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"reduced form of paki- or magpa-"
],
"links": [
[
"paki-",
"paki-#Tagalog"
],
[
"magpa-",
"magpa-#Tagalog"
]
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"reduced"
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},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "pa- + dala (“carry”) → padala (“remittance/ package [an object that is requested to be brought or sent]”)"
},
{
"text": "pa- + piging (“a banquet”) → papiging (“a banquet that is organized by someone [usually followed by \"ng organization\" or \"ni name of person\"]”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"noun prefix - indicates an object that is ordered or requested to be processed according to the root word"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
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"Tagalog informal terms",
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4,
11
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0,
2
]
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"english": "I'm heading for Spain.",
"text": "Pa-Espanya ako.",
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}
],
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"indication of direction"
],
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"(informal) indication of direction"
],
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"informal",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/pa/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[pɐ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
}
],
"word": "pa-"
}
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