Taga- ², Tagapag-, Tagapang-: Tagalog Noun Affixes

a person who performs the action expressed by the root; or,
a person who performs an action associated with the thing expressed by the root

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
luto’	cuisine, cooking	tagaluto’ tagapagluto’	cook, someone tasked with cooking
bantay	guard, guarding	tagabantay tagapagbantay	guard, watcher
linis	cleaning	tagalinis tagapaglinis	cleaner, someone tasked with cleaning
isda’	fish	tagapangisda’	someone tasked with fishing

root	luto’
meaning	cuisine, cooking
root + affix	tagaluto’ tagapagluto’
meaning	cook, someone tasked with cooking

root	linis
meaning	cleaning
root + affix	tagalinis tagapaglinis
meaning	cleaner, someone tasked with cleaning

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Taga- 2, Tagapag-, Tagapang-: Tagalog Noun Affixes