Meaning of pakig-(←)

pakig-(←)

Cebuano

(see makig- for illustrations of the tense forms of the active voice.) Derivational verb forming affix, added to almost all roots which refer to an action and also to bases with -ay, (-anay) to form verbs which mean ‘engage someone in (such-and-such) an action’. Ayaw pakigkítà níyag usab, Don’t go see him again. Dakù ang ákung tingúhà pakiglákaw níya sa plása, I am very intent on taking her for a walk in the plaza. Ayaw pakigsumbagay ug gamay, Don’t pick a fight with someone smaller than you.