Meaning of pa- | Babel Free

Definitions

1. adverbial prefix - indicates process of performing the action of the verb
   morpheme
2. apheretic form of magpa-
   informal, morpheme
3. reduced form of paki-
   form-of, informal, morpheme, reduced
4. noun prefix - indicates an object that is ordered or requested to be processed according to the root word
   morpheme
5. indication of direction
   informal, morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“pa- + punta (“destination”) → papunta (“be coming/ be going/ be arriving/ be on the way”)”

“pa- + tapos (“end”) → patapos (“be about to end”)”

“Patapos na ang pelikula.”

The movie is about to end.

“pa- + dala (“carry”) → padala (“remittance/ package [an object that is requested to be brought or sent]”)”

“pa- + piging (“a banquet”) → papiging (“a banquet that is organized by someone [usually followed by "ng organization" or "ni name of person"]”)”

“Pa-Espanya ako.”

I'm heading for Spain.

“Pagaling ka!”

Get well!

“Patapon naman 'to sa basurahan.”

Could you please throw this to the trash can?

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