pag- -nan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- pag- -an
- pag- -han
Circumfix
pag- -nan
- alternative form of pag- -an
- tawa (“laugh”) + pag- -nan → pagtawanan (“to laugh at”)
- talo (“quarrel”) + pag- -nan → pagtalunan (“to quarrel with”)
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/.
- sabi + pag- -nan → pagsabihan
- duda + pag- -nan → pagdudahan
- base + pag- -nan → pagbasehan
- tawa + pag- -nan → pagtawanan
Derived terms
Tagalog terms circumfixed with pag- -nan