Ka-…-an ¹ : Tagalog Noun Affix

a person with whom the thing meant by the root is exchanged

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
sulat	letter	kasulatan	a person with whom letters are exchanged, a correspondent
kantyaw	good-natured joke, banter, teasing	kakantyawan	a person with whom jokes are exchanged (someone you tease and who teases you back)

root	sulat
meaning	letter
root + affix	kasulatan
meaning	a person with whom letters are exchanged, a correspondent

root	kantyaw
meaning	good-natured joke, banter, teasing
root + affix	kakantyawan
meaning	a person with whom jokes are exchanged (someone you tease and who teases you back)

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