| iquina tag duha | (each two), etc. |
COLLECTIVE
The collective nouns are formed by adding at the beginning of the primitive the prefix ca (which bears the idea of collection or reunion) and the affix an. As,
| from | bata | (boy or girl), | cabatáan | (reunion of boys or girls)
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| | táuo | (person), | catauóhan | (reunion of persons).
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| | duhá | (two), | caruhaán | (twenty). |
These forms are very frequently used to make the plural of the nouns, as of the singular batá we make the plural.
NOTE—The particle ca is also employed to express abstract ideas, as
| from | buság | (white color), | mabuság | (white), | camabuság | (whiteness) |
The particle pag is sometimes added at the beginning of the particle, as
| pagcamabuság | (whiteness). |