mag- -an
Tagalog
Circumfix
mag- -an
- Actor trigger/focus verb circumfix used to express an action done reciprocally or simultaneously.
- mag- -an + halik (“kiss”) → maghalikan (“to kiss each other”)
- mag- -an + kanta (“song”) → magkantahan (“to sing together; to sing one after another”)
- mag- -an + tulong (“help”) → magtulungan (“to help each other”)
Derived terms
Tagalog terms circumfixed with mag- -an
Further reading
- https://learningtagalog.com/grammar/verbs/verb_affixes/magan.html