Where does “mang-inis” come from?

mang-inis (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog mang-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

mang-inis (Tagalog): to irritate; to annoy; to vex; to rile

Definitions

  1. to irritate; to annoy; to vex; to rile

Ancestry of “mang-inis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmang-3rd actor trigger verb suffix
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Tagalog mang- →
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