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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 20:06 — comborico

I cannot find information on this prefix, even in the article "Philippines Illustrated: Affixes Used In Cebuano" by Edgie Polistico.

All I know is that it is past tense.  The complete word was:  mingpuyo

 

-Combo

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Fri, 02/16/2024 - 00:05 — JCH

Here are some conjugations of verbs to ming- forms.

  • ming + ka'un (v. eat) = mingka'un (v. ate).
  • ming + lakáw (v. walk, go) = minglakáw (v. walked, went)
  • ming + puyú' (v. settle) = mingpuyú' (v. settled)
  • ming + pulá (a. red) = mingpulá (v. turned red)
  • ming + tagak (v. drop) = mingtagak (v. dropped)
  • ming + badúg (v. stand up) = mingbadúg (v. stood up)

* the letter [d] is used for both /d/ and /r/.