Meaning of múng-an

múng-an

Hiligaynon

A passive form (perhaps a contraction of manúng-an from panungâ, tungâ) often used in the meaning: to be hit-well,-full,-fairly,-right,-straight,-in the middle,-in the centre,-with full force; to be affected-, feel-, very much. Namúng-an gid ang bóla. The ball was hit fairly in the centre. Kamí gid ang namúng-an siníng kalisúd. We were especially hard hit by this calamity. Walâ siá mamúng-i. He was not affected very much. He did not receive (feel) the full force of the blow (but was only grazed, or the like). (see ígò, tungâ, támà, lakás).