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Meaning of -in | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR A2
in

Definitions

  1. prone to, susceptible to
    morpheme
  2. an object of the action expressed by the root
    morpheme
  3. object trigger: to perform the action of the verb to someone or something
    morpheme
  4. directional trigger: to do something in the (physical or psychological) direction of
    morpheme
  5. nature and origin suffix
    dialectal, morpheme
  6. actor trigger: to be affected or overtaken by a condition, feeling or phenomenon
    morpheme
  7. object trigger: (with root word reduplication) to do something occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there
    morpheme

Examples

“Lulutuin ko ang isda.”

I will cook the fish

“Dinalaw namin ang lola ni Olivia.”

We visited the grandmother of Olivia.

“Binabaha ang bahay niya.”

His house gets flooded.

“Iniisip ko minsan ang nakaraan ko.”

I sometimes think about my past.

“lagnat (“fever”) + -in → lagnatin (“prone to fever”)”
“sakit (“illness”) + -in → sakitin (“prone to illness”)”
“awit (“singing, song”) + -in → awitin (“song”)”
“aral (“lesson, studying”) + -in → aralin (“studies”)”
“Quezon (“province”) + -in → Quezonin (“a native of Quezon”)”
“Sampaloc (“municipality”) + -in → Sampalukin (“a native of Sampaloc, Quezon”)”
“bayan (“town center or poblacion”) + -in → bayanin (“a local from the town center”)”
“linang (“farm or remote area”) + -in → linangin (“a local from the farm”)”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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