ka- -an
See also: Kaan, kaan, káaṇ, kāān̄, Ka'an, ka'an, kaʼan, -kaan, -kään, and kaan³²²
Kangean
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka an/
Circumfix
ka- -an
- -ness; appended to adjectives to form abstract nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)".
- kabecekan ― kindness
- kakarepan ― eagerness
- kaleburan ― loveliness
- kanyamanan ― palatableness
- -ship; appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union.
- kasaraan ― hardship
- -ity; Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
- kalempongan ― perplexity
- Forming nouns denoting the domain or jurisdiction of the suffixed word.
- kadipatenan ― duchy
Circumfix
ka- -an
- -ed; to suffer or to get of noun or verb bases.
- takok (“fright”) + ka- -an → katakokan (“frightened”)
- tagersok (“shock”) + ka- -an → katagersokan (“shocked”)
Circumfix
ka- -an
- (usually colloquial) adjective forming for very [base] or exceed, affixed into adjective, adverb, or noun.
- raje (“huge”) + ka- -an → karajean (“too big”)
- dumik (“small”) + ka- -an → kadumikan (“too small”)
- seang (“midday”) + ka- -an → kaseangan (“too late; overslept”)
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- ca- -an – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
- ka- -han
- ka- -nan
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an (compare Malay ke- -an).
Circumfix
ka- -an (Baybayin spelling ᜃ ᜀᜈ᜔)
- Used to form abstract nouns.
- ka- -an + payapa (“peaceful”) = kapayapaan (“peace”)
- ka- -an + malay (“awareness”) = kamalayan (“consciousness”)
- Used to form nouns indicating a larger location.
- ka- -an + gubat (“woods”) = kagubatan (“forest”)
- ka- -an + dagat (“sea”) = karagatan (“ocean”)
- Used to form proper nouns indicating a domain of a people or place.
- ka- -an + Tagalog (“Tagalog”) = Katagalugan (“Tagalog lands”)
- ka- -an + Bisaya (“Visayan”) = Kabisayaan (“Visayas”)
- ka- -an + Maynila (“Manila”) = Kamaynilaan (“Metro Manila”)
Usage notes
- Normally, /h/ is inserted before -an when the root word ends with a vowel that is not followed by a glottal stop. In some cases, phoneme change can occur and /h/ becomes /n/.
- saya + ka- -an → kasiyahan
- dami + ka- -an → karamihan
- gusto + ka- -an → kagustuhan
- bihasa + ka- -an → kabihasnan
- Due to allophony, /d/ turns into /r/ when inserted before -an or after ka-.
- baliktad + ka- -an → kabaliktaran
- lunod + ka- -an → kanluran
- gawad + ka- -an → kagawaran
- dami + ka- -an → karamihan
- dangal + ka- -an → karangalan
- danas + ka- -an → karanasan
Derived terms
Tagalog terms circumfixed with ka- -an