Is this like beginning to think in a language feels like?

[pauamma]

It occurred to me during tonight's Tagalog vocabulary drill that umaga (morning) and maaga (early) may both come from the same root aga, one using the aspect prefix/infix "um", the other using the adjective/stative verb prefix "ma". The online Tagalog dictionary I use confirms that aga is a word meaning earliness.