Base Forms
Verb
balikan
Affix
an
Root Word
balik
Trigger
object
Aspects
| Infinitive | balikan |
| Complete | binalikan |
| Progressive | binabalikan; inabalikan |
| Contemplative | babalikan; abalikan |
Imperative
baliki
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik
3. Tagalog balik
4. Proto-Austronesian *-an
5. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-an
6. Proto-Philippine *-an
7. Tagalog -an
8. Tagalog balikan
9. From balik + -an.
Translations
Archaic and dialectal forms are shown in