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| sacayán | (boat), | sacayánay, |
| habobò | (low), | habobóay, |
| balicô | (crooked), | balicóay,[4] [[11]] |
| abacá | (hemp), | abacáhay, |
| babaye | (woman), | babayéhay, |
| banat-i | (a tree so called), | banat-ihay, |
| malacsi | (fast), | malacsihay. |
But the dissyllabic primitive is not repeated when its first vowel is followed by more than one consonant, or when the last vowel has an acute accent or is pronounced separately from the consonant preceding it. In such cases the affix ay or hay is employed, the rules established for the use of these affixes being applicable to such diminutives. As,
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| támsi | (bird), | tamsíhay, not tamsitamsi, |
| túl-an | (bone), | tul-ánay, not tul-antul-an, |
| pulá | (red color), | puláhay, not pulapula,[5] |
| sagpò | (plug), | sagpóay, not sagposagpò, |
| sab-a | (a kind of banana), | sab-áhay, not sab-asab-a, |
| bungto | (town), | bungtóhay not bungtobungto. |
Generally, as it has been observed in the preceding examples, the adjectives follow the same rules. As,
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| matám-is | (sweet), | matam-isay, |
| malomó | (soft), | malomóhay, |
| halípot | (short), | halipótay. |
But in must of the adjectives formed with ma (a particle bearing the idea of abundance) and ha[6] (a particle that bears the idea of place), like maopay, mabusag, mapulá, hatáas, halabà, the prefixes ma or ha are disregarded in the formation of their diminutives, their abstract roots being the only elements taken into consideration, as if such [[12]]adjectives were dyssillabic. Thus, opay, busag, pulá, táas, lubà, being the abstract roots of the last mentioned adjectives, their diminutives will be:
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