Ibatan - -en

-en

A verbal suffix indicating a goal focus.

-hen with words ending in a vowel; past -in-; the goal is stationary and undergoes a physical change; the final result is in focus, not the process

Basa(h)en mo laylay mwaya.

(Get water and) wet your shirt.

Parinen mo nyaya.

You do this.

A verbal suffix used as a nominalizer.

Myan torayen da.

(There is) their leader.

No kanen da, ki inapoy.

Their food, well, it is cooked rice.

ka--en

An verbal affix marking goal focus. Something is done carefully, well, to the fullest.

past kina-