Maca has the idea of potentiality, and is added to the beginning of the primitive, by doubling the first syllable of the primitive or by using the intermix r combined with the first vowel of the primitive. As,
| from | álo | (shame), | macaaálo | (shameful), |
| from,, | lípay | (joy), | macalilípay | (rejoicer), |
| from,, | budlay | (grievance), | macaburúdlay | (grievous). |
Mag conveys the idea of mutual relationship, and also [[25]]of continuity in a few cases. It is simply added at the beginning of the primitive.
Relationship. Examples:
| from | patód | (cousin), | magpatód | (cousins each other). |
It is sometimes appended with tala, as from amáy (father), magtalaamáy (father and son, or father and daughter).
The derivatives formed with mag conveying the idea of mutual relationship, are always in plural.
Continuity. Examples:
| from | ága | (morning), | Mag-ága | (the whole night until the morning); |
| from,, | colóp | (evening); | magcólop | (the whole day until the evening.) |
Maqui signifies the idea of fondness, and is employed without any other transformative particle, as,