ma- -an

ma- -an

1. Actor trigger - to suffer the quality of adjective indicated

   ma- -an + dali (“easiness”) = madalian (“to have no difficulty”)

   ma- -an + hirap (“difficulty”) = mahirapan (“to have difficulty”)

2. Actor trigger - to attribute certain quality to something

   ma- -an + ganda (“beauty”) = magandahan (“to find something beautiful”)

   ma- -an + pangit (“ugliness”) = mapangitan (“to find something ugly”)

   ma- -an + laki (“bigness”) = malakihan (“to find something big”)

   ma- -an + liit (“smallness”) = maliitan (“to find something small”)

   ma- -an + haba (“length”) = mahabaan (“to find something long”)

   ma- -an + iksi (“shortness”) = maiksian (“to find something short”)

   ma- -an + bigat (“heaviness”) = mabigatan (“to find something heavy”)

   ma- -an + gaan (“lightness”) = magaanan (“to find something light in weight”)