Meaning of ma- -an | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to suffer the quality of adjective indicated
   morpheme
2. to attribute certain quality to something
   morpheme

Examples

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

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

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

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

“laki (“size”) + ma- -an → malakihan (“to find something big”)”

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

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

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

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

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

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