panlapi

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • pnl.abbreviation

Etymology

From pan- +‎ lapi. Coined by grammarian Lope K. Santos in 1940 in the Balarila ng Wikang Pambansa (Grammar of the National Language).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /panˈlapiʔ/ [pɐn̪ˈlaː.pɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -apiʔ
  • Syllabification: pan‧la‧pi

Noun

panlapì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜎᜉᜒ) (grammar, linguistic morphology)

  1. affix
    Synonym: apiho

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