pinag-

Tagalog

Etymology

From pag- +‎ -in-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈnaɡ/ [pɪˈnaɡ]
• Syllabification: pi‧nag-

Prefix

pinág- (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜄ᜔)

1. attaches to a noun or a root verb which:
   1. indicates that someone willingly did it for oneself or another someone

      Pinagluto ko siya ng sinigang.

      I cooked sinigang for him.

      Pagod na pagod ako kahapon, kaya ginawa ko pinagpahinga ko muna sarili ko.

      I'm really tired yesterday, so what I did was I took a rest (for the sake of myself).

   2. indicates that someone tasked someone else to do something

      Pinagsulat ba naman ako ni Dwayne ng documentation naming kahaba-haba, nanakit tuloy nang sobra kamay ko!

      Dwayne literally made me write that super lengthy documentation of ours, it made my hand hurt so badly!

      Imbes na isuspinde ako dahil dun sa offense ko, pinaglinis na lang nila ako ng school grounds kada umaga nang isang buwan.

      Instead of me being suspended because of my offense, they simply made me clean the school grounds every morning for a month.

Derived terms

Tagalog terms prefixed with pinag-