pang-

See also:pang

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Etymology

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Prefix

pang-

1. classifier for trees, stalks, individual trunks of a banana plant, plants, rice seedlings.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pam-—before initials /b/ and /p/, will sometimes remove initial /b/ and /p/
• pan-—before initials /d/, /s/, /l/ and /t/, will sometimes remove initial /d/, /s/, /l/ and /t/

Etymology

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*paŋ-(cf.Cebuanopang-,Indonesianpeng-andMalaypeng-).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/paŋ/[pɐŋ]
• Syllabification:pang-

Prefix

pang-(Baybayin spellingᜉᜅ᜔)

1. (instrumentative prefix)forms nouns indicating a tool or an instrument that is used to perform the action expressed by the root

   ‎pang-+ ‎tanggal(“remove, detach”)→ ‎pantanggal(“remover”)

   ‎pang-+ ‎takip(“a cover”)→ ‎pantakip(“an instrument used to cover something”)

2. (adjectival prefix)forms relational adjectives indicating use or purpose

   ‎pang-+ ‎dalawa(“two”)→ ‎pandalawa(“for two”)

   ‎pang-+ ‎bahay(“house”)→ ‎pambahay(“for use at home”)

   ‎pang-+ ‎babae(“woman”)→ ‎pambabae(“for women”)

Prefix

pang-(Baybayin spellingᜉᜅ᜔)

1. (Ordinal prefix)Used to form ordinal numbers

   ‎pang-+ ‎dalawa(“two”)→ ‎pangalawa(“second”)

   ‎pang-+ ‎walo(“eight”)→ ‎pangwalo(“eighth”)

Usage notes

Tagalog ordinal numbers prefixed withpang-are usually more informal compared to those prefixed withika-

Prefix

pang-(Baybayin spellingᜉᜅ᜔)

1. (with syllable reduplication)an action or a practice associated with the thing or action expressed by the root

   ‎pang-+ ‎gamot(“medicine”)→ ‎panggagamot(“practice of medicine”)

   ‎pang-+ ‎anak(“child”)→ ‎panganganak(“giving birth, delivery”)

Derived terms

Tagalog terms prefixed with pang-