ipa-

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ipa- (verb prefix: third-party causative-command). By surface analysis, i- +‎ pa-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔipa/ [ʔɪ.pɐ]
• Syllabification: i‧pa-

Prefix

ipá- (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉ)

1. (causative) to have or ask something done

   ipa- + gawa (“to do”) → ipagawa (“to have someone do something”)

   Ipagawa mo 'yan sa kanya.

   Have him do that

2. (accusative) to do something to something or someone

   ipa- + malas (“to show”) → ipamalas (“to show”)

3. (accusative) to make a slightly reproachful or supplicative request to have done something unattended or done improperly

   ipa- + luto-luto (“to cook”) → ipaluto-luto (“to have cooked a bit more”)

Derived terms

Tagalog terms prefixed with ipa-

ipaalam

ipaayos

ipabalik

ipabasa

ipabatid

ipadala

ipagawa

ipahalata

ipahiwatig

ipaiba-iba

ipaintindi

ipakausap

ipakita

ipakuha

ipaliban

ipalinaw

ipalinis

ipaliwanag

ipamukha

ipanotaryo

ipapapatay

ipapatay

ipaputol

ipasabi

ipasadya

ipasagot

ipasimula

ipatalastas

ipatanggal

ipatapon

ipatatag

ipatotoo

ipatungkol

ipatupad

ipawalang-bisa

Further reading

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ipa-”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• api