Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/maN-

Etymology
Portmanteau of and.

Usage notes
The -N- in this prefix is a morpheme representing all mutations affecting the next initial consonant, or less likely an orthographic form of -Ŋŋ-:
 * Before voiceless obstruents (*k, *p, *s, *t), this suffix becomes *maŋ-, *mam-, *mañ-, *man- respectively with deletion of the following initial consonant:
 * → *maŋaən
 * → *mamiliq
 * → *manənun
 * → *mañapu
 * Before voiced obstruents (*b, *d, *g, *z) and the dental sonorant *l, it has allomorphs similar to above except the initial consonant is not deleted:
 * → *mambəli
 * → *mandəŋəʀ
 * → *maŋgiliŋ
 * → *mañzaqit
 * The last assimilation is not represented, at least orthographically, in any Austronesian languages.
 * Although the dental trill phoneme *r does exist in both Proto-Malayo-Polynesian and Proto-Austronesian, it is extremely rare in word-initial position.
 * Before other consonants (including *q, phonologically an obstruent and *ʀ) and all vowels, maŋ- is used instead.
 * → *maŋqəti
 * → *maŋulaŋ
 * → *maŋʀaməs

Descendants

 * South Sulawesi
 * South Sulawesi
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 * South Sulawesi
 * South Sulawesi
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 * South Sulawesi
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