-in-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "in"

English

Etymology

From the oblique stem of Latin -tūdō being -tūdin-.

Interfix

-in-

1. An epenthetic syllable inserted before Latinate suffixes appended to nouns ending with -itude or -tude.

Derived terms

English terms interfixed with -in-

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Infix

-in-

1. Added to mostly noun roots but also verb roots.
   1. in the manner of

      Synonym: -in- -ay

      ‎igsuon (“sibling”) → ‎inigsuon (“brotherly, sisterly”)

      ‎kabayo (“horse”) → ‎kinabayo (“in the manner of a horse”)

   2. Forms language names.

      ‎Bisaya (“Bisaya person”) → ‎Binisaya (“Bisaya (Cebuano) language”)

      ‎Ingles (“Englishman”) → ‎Iningles (“English language”)

2. Added to verb roots conjugated with -on or i-, forming nouns.
   1. something done by the action of the root

      ‎hatag (“give”) → ‎hinatag (“something given, gift”)

   2. something put somewhere or in something

      ‎asin (“salt”) → ‎inasin (“something salted”)

Derived terms

Cebuano terms infixed with -in-

References

• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, pages 378-379

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-in-

1. Root form of -ino

Ido

Suffix

-in-

1. Root form of -ino

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-in-, from Proto-Austronesian *-in-. Doublet of di-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪn]
• Hyphenation: in

Infix

-in-

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

Derived terms

Indonesian terms infixed with -in-

Further reading

• “-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.

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Infix

-in- (Jawi spelling -ين-)

1. product of
2. continuous

Derived terms

Malay terms infixed with -in-

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /in/ [ɪn̪]
• Syllabification: -in-

Infix

-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

Usage notes

• 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

Derived terms

Tagalog terms infixed with -in-

Anagrams

• ni