petes n English Shortcut. v Affixes min-*, maN-, -en, i-, -an English To take a shortcut; to abbreviate. Example sentence Tagbanwa Magpamtes aku. English I'm taking a shortcut (not on a recognised trail). Example sentence Tagbanwa Pesten mu nay panaw mu, isa'un da'ka mali'ut-li'utan. English Take the shortcut on your journey so you don't have to keep winding back and forth. Example sentence Tagbanwa Pintes ku i ampang. English I abbreviated my words. Grammar When suffixed with -en or -an, the letters t and s are reversed. Presumably this is because pesten and pestan sound better and are easier to pronounce than petsen and petsan would be. Derivative piyamtesan n Note Shortcut (location of).