mang-

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mang-

1. classifier for animals

• mam- – before B or P
• man- – before D, S, T

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- (compare Malay meng-).

mang-

1. 3rd actor trigger verb prefix
   1. To practice the action of the root

      mang-+gamot (“medicine”)=manggamot (“to practice medicine, work as a doctor”)

      mang-+anak (“child”)=manganak (“to give birth”)

      mang-+bili (“buying”)=mamili (“to go shopping”)

      mang-+abala (“bothersome”)=mang-abala (“to bother”)

      mang-+kabayo (“horse”)=mangabayo (“to go horseback riding”)

   2. To take the state expressed by the root partially or temporarily

      mang-+pula (“red”)=mamula (“to redden; to go reddish”)

2. (with root reduplication) Forms nouns signifying occupations or doer of the action expressed by the root

   mang-+isda (“fish”)=mangingisda (“fisher; fisherman”)

   mang-+batas (“law”)=mambabatas (“lawmaker; legislator”)

• “mang-”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018