The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Parameter suffix of general use. First, it conveys a locative meaning; it is used to form names of places, or common nouns indicating certain places... Second, (like ) is a suffix which actually verbalizes a given word-base by making it pertain to the so-called passive voice..... The difference between the suffix and the suffix can be (in some way) clarified as follows: the suffix puts in evidence that the meaning of the word-base can be applied and, in fact, is applied to the direct object, while the suffix puts in evidence that the meaning of the word-base is only indirectly applicable to the grammatical object [345d2a6cc688720c863b101be6041fef]

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