Mandailing Suffixes

There are some suffixes in Mandailing. We commonly find suffixes ma ,na, pa, di, tar, i, kon. When Mandailing speakers use a prefix ma with a verb or noun, there are three variations of this prefix ma, mar, man in the formation.

Example of ma (to become) as a prefix

Base	Ma + base	Verbal Suffix (VBL)	Meaning
tona (order) N	ma +tona	martona	To give an order V
tobang (old) Adj	ma +tobang	matobang	Becomes old or mature/adult N
tabusi (purchase) V	ma+tabusi	manabusi	To Purchase V
tarombo (history) N	ma+tarombo	martarombo	To share genealogy V
tortor (dance) N	ma+tortor	manortor	To dance V
dalan (road) N	ma+dalan	mardalan	take a walk V
dahan (cook) N	ma+dahan	mardahan	Cooking V
danak (child) N	ma+danak	mardaganak	having a child
bada (fight) N	ma+bada	marbada	To fight V
bagas (house) N	ma+bagas	marbagas	getting married V
gondang (drum) N	ma+gondang	margondang	To play a drum V
Godang (big) Adj	ma+godang	magodang	To grow V
Sada (one) N	ma+sada	marsada	Unify V
sarak (separate) N	ma+sarak	marsarak	To separate V

Example of na as a prefix

Base	Na + base	becomes	Meaning
toras (hard)	na +toras	natoras	eldely council
tobang (old)	na +tobang	natobang	the old one
tabo (delicious)	na+tabo	natabo	deliciousness
Toruk (low)	na+toruk	natoruk	Lower level

Example of pa-

Ture (fix)	Pa+ture	pature	To get fixed
Dao (far)	Pa+dao	padao	Make farther
Toru (below)	Pa+toru	partoru	Make lower
Domu (connect)	Pa+domu	padomu	Make connected
Oban (bring)	Pa+oban	paroban	Care taker

Example of di-

Barbar (knock)	Di+barbar	dibarbar	torture
Rabi (cut off)	Di+rabi	dirabi	Get cleared
Sapai (ask)	Di+sapai	disapai	To be asked
Sosali (regret)	Di+sosali	disosali	regretted
Somba (respect)	Di+somba	disomba	respected

Example of tar-

Bonggal (famous)	Tar+bonggal	tarbonggal	notorious
Beteng (snobish)	Tar+beteng	tarbeteng	Show off
Gogo (strong)	Tar+gogo	targogo	stronger
Asok (slow)	Tar+asok	tarasok	weaker/slower
Gorat (scratch)	Tar+gorat	targorat	scratched

Example of i

Saba (rice field)	Saba+i	sabai	This rice field
Borgin (night)	Borngin +i	Borngin i	Last night
Sundut (follow)	Sundut+i	Sundut i	Keep following
Manyogot (morning)	Manyogot +i	Manyogot i	This morning
Juguk(sit)	Juguk+i	Juguk i	seated

Example of kon-

Lehen (give)	Lehen +kon	lehenkon	Give it
Dok (say)	Dok+kon	dokkon	Say it
Tading (leave)	Tading+kon	tadingkon	Leave it
Pature (fix)	Parture+kon	patureon	Get it fixed