Cebuano
see palag.
Cebuano
prefix added to most bases which take the verbal inflectional affixes; 1. forming imperatives (used esp. after ayaw ‘don’t’). short forms: g, or ug. Ayaw paglakaw (ug lakaw, glakaw), Don’t go away. Ayaw siya pagpatya, Don’t kill him; 2. forming infinitives. Gisugdan níya pagtágik ang íyang bálak, He began to compose his poem. Arun sa pagbutyag sa íyang tinagúan, In order to make his secrets public; 3. forming nouns meaning the action of (do)ing. Dílì maáyu ang pagpalabi, It’s no good to do things to excess. Nakabungkag sa ílang pagpúyù, Destroyed their life together. Ang pagburunda sa simbahan dì na kinahanglan, It is no longer necessary to wear a veil to church; 4. forming words which mean ‘when (so-and-so) was done’. Pag-abut nákù sa balay, mau say íyang paglakaw, When I arrived at the house, he left.