Someone (mang-) comforts, encourages someone (-en).
Ivv. ahwahuk 'to cajole, pacify someone crying'
ahwahuk
Ahwahoken ko anak ko a tomanyis.
I comfort my child who is crying.
Ahwahoken na yaken tan mangay ako.
He encourages me so that I would go.
Someone or something (maka-) is comforting, is pleasing.
Makahwahok nawri a sabong, ta mapintas.
That flower is pleasing (to look at), because it is pretty.
Iyaw katatawo na, ki makahwahok.
His nature is pleasing.
Someone pleases someone (ma-).
Mahwahok na paba yaken, ta binayatawan na yaken.
He no longer pleases me, because he lied to me.
Someone (ma-) is comforted, encouraged, pleased by/with someone or something (cha-).
Do kaliday ni ādi, ki nahwahok do inbahey ni ākang.
When younger sibling was sad, (he) was comforted by what older sibling said.
Myan saw nahwahok a nanganohed do inbahey naw.
There were those who were encouraged to believe in what he said.
Nahwahok si āmang dya.
Father is pleased with him.
Chahwahok ko kaparin nya tawo.
I am pleased with the work of this person.