man-

man-

1. alternative spelling of mang-

From Proto-Austronesian *maʀ-. Compare Tagalog mag-.

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /man/ [mʌn]
  • IPA^(key): (Bauko & Tadian) /mən/ [mɨn]
• Syllabification: man-

man-

1. actor trigger verb prefix

   ‎man- + ‎inom (“drink”) → ‎man-inom (“to drink”)

2. used to form adjectives indicating an attribute

   ‎man- + ‎kilat (“white”) → ‎mankilat ... (“white ...”)

• Janet L. Allen (2014) Kankanaey: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis‎^[1] (overall work in English), →ISBN

man-

1. verbal affix used to indicate actor focused progressive tense

man-

1. Prefix used to form active transitive verbs, and sometimes used to form adjectives.

• mam- before bilabial consonants.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /man/ [mɐn̪]
• Syllabification: man-

man- (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔)

1. Alternative form of mang-, if the root starts with alveolar consonants, such as ⟨d⟩, ⟨l⟩, ⟨n⟩, ⟨r⟩, ⟨s⟩, or ⟨t⟩, which gets nasally assimilated to the prefix ending when starts with voiceless alveolar consonants, ⟨s⟩ and ⟨t⟩ or sometimes ⟨d⟩.

   ‎man- + ‎digma (“war”) → ‎mandirigma (“warrior”)

   ‎man- + ‎dalangin (“prayer”) → ‎manalangin (“to pray”)

   ‎man- + ‎loko (“trickery”) → ‎manloko (“to trick”)

   ‎man- + ‎nood (“view”) → ‎manonood (“viewer”)

   ‎man- + ‎silip (“peep”) → ‎maninilip (“peeping tom”)

   ‎man- + ‎Tagalog (“Tagalog language”) → ‎managalog (“to speak Tagalog”)

• “man-”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• IPA^(key): [maŋ-]

man-

1. Allomorph of mön- (first-person agent/second-person patient prefix) used for stems that begin with a vowel a.