-in-

-in-

1. Added to verb and noun roots.
   1. in the manner of
   2. Forms language names.
2. Added to verb roots conjugated with -on or i-.
   1. something done by the action of the root
   2. something put somewhere or in something

• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎ (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, pages 378-379

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-in-

1. Root form of -ino

-in-

1. Root form of -ino

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• IPA^(key): [ɪn]
• Hyphenation: in

-in-

1. A product or result of something
2. Implies a perpetuation of action; continuous

• “-in-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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• IPA^(key): /-in-/
• Hyphenation: -in-

-in- (Jawi spelling -ين-)

1. product of
2. continuous

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-in-, from Proto-Austronesian *-in-.

• IPA^(key): /in/, [ɪn]
• Hyphenation: -in-

-in- (Baybayin spelling ᜒᜈ᜔)

1. forms the complete aspect in all triggers except the active trigger

   Kinain ko ang mangga (patient trigger)

   I ate the mango (mango is focused)

   Pinuntahan namin ang palengke (locative trigger)

   We went to the market (market is focused)

2. (with CV- reduplication): forms the progressive aspect in all triggers except in the active trigger

   Kinakain ko ang mangga

   I eat/am eating the mango

• In words that start with a vowel, the prefix in- is used instead.
• In words that start with an ⟨l⟩, ⟨r⟩, or ⟨y⟩, the prefix ni- may be used.
• In loan words or unassimilated foreign words that begin with a consonant cluster, the infix may be added after the first consonant (1) or after the consonant cluster (2). Some prefer using the prefix ni- instead (3).

  (1) tinrabaho

  (2) trinabaho

  (3) nitrabaho