or by combining it with the affix on or hon, according to the case, as
from
| catúrog | (to sleep), | macaturogón | (sleepy head), |
from
| arába | (to moan), | maarabahón | (person fond of moaning). |
When the prefix ma, bears the idea of desirableness, it is placed before the doubled root, when the root has not more than two syllables and its last vowel is preceded by not more than two consonants or is not pronounced separately from its preceding consonant or consonants, as
from
| cáon, | macaoncaón | (thing inviting to be eaten)[20] |
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from