(-)Um- +rep2: Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: doer

to do something occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there
Note: (-)um- is placed before the first vowel of the root.

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
inom	drinking	uminom-inom	to drink a bit (etc.)
kain	eating	kumain-kain	to eat a bit (etc.)
kanta	song	kumanta-kanta	to sing a little (etc.)

root	inom
meaning	drinking
root + affix	uminom-inom
meaning	to drink a bit (etc.)

root	kain
meaning	eating
root + affix	kumain-kain
meaning	to eat a bit (etc.)

root	kanta
meaning	song
root + affix	kumanta-kanta
meaning	to sing a little (etc.)

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
kumain-kain	kumain-kain	kumakain-kain	kakain-kain
kumanta-kanta	kumanta-kanta	kumakanta-kanta	kakanta-kanta

basic form	kumain-kain
completed	kumain-kain
uncompleted	kumakain-kain
unstarted	kakain-kain

basic form	kumanta-kanta
completed	kumanta-kanta
uncompleted	kumakanta-kanta
unstarted	kakanta-kanta

Sentences:

Kumain-kain si Alfred.	Alfred ate a little.
Kumanta-kanta si Raphael.	Raphael sang a little.

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