The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Parameter prefix to word-bases, used either alone or in combination with a suffix...(a) when is used without a suffix it may denote the plural...(b) when used in combination with a suffix... may denote (i) the plural, (ii) a reciprocal process, (iii) an action or process carried out here and there, up and down, hither and thither, all around, quickly, etc. [2804515f8b17cce116b46d062c174f22]