mang-api

Tagalog

Etymology

From mang- +‎ api.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maŋʔaˈpi/ [mɐŋ.ʔɐˈpɪ]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: mang-a‧pi

Verb

mang-apí (complete nang-api, progressive nang-aapi, contemplative mang-aapi, verbal noun pang-aapi, 3rd actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔ᜀᜉᜒ)

  1. to oppress; to maltreat
    Synonyms: mandusta, mang-aba, mang-alipusta, manghamak

Inflection

Verb conjugation for mang-api
affix mang- / ᜋᜅ᜔
root word api / ᜀᜉᜒ
trigger actor
aspect
infinitive  / ᜋᜅ᜔ᜀᜉᜒ
complete nang-api / ᜈᜅ᜔ᜀᜉᜒ
progressive nang-aapi / ᜈᜅ᜔ᜀᜀᜉᜒ
contemplative mang-aapi / ᜋᜅ᜔ᜀᜀᜉᜒ
recently
complete
formal kapang-aapi / ᜃᜉ ᜅ᜔ᜀᜀᜉᜒ
informal kakapang-api / ᜃᜃᜉᜅ᜔ᜀᜉᜒ
kapapang-api / ᜃᜉᜉᜅ᜔ᜀᜉᜒ
imperative pang-api1 / ᜉ ᜅ᜔ᜀᜉᜒ

1 Dialectal use only. Not used in Standard Tagalog.

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