pan- -han

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • pang- -han
  • pam- -han (before root initials /b/ and /p/, will sometimes remove initial /b/ and /p/)

Circumfix

pan- -han

  1. alternative form of pan- -an

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/.
    ‎tira + ‎pan- -han → ‎panirahan
    ‎talo + ‎pan- -han → ‎panaluhan
    ‎talo + ‎pan- -han → ‎panalunan

Derived terms
Tagalog words circumfixed with pan- -han
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