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Japanese
Romanization
-nin
- Rōmaji transcription of にん
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Suffix
-nin (verb-forming suffix, adjective-forming suffix, noun-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜈ᜔)
- Alternative form of -in
- talo (“defeat”) + -nin → talunin (“(transitive) to defeat”)
- kuha (“take”) + -nin → kunin (“(transitive) to get”)
Usage notes
- Normally, /h/ is inserted before -in when the root word ends with a vowel that is not followed by a glottal stop. In some cases, phoneme change can occur and /h/ becomes /n/.
- sabi + -hin → sabihin
- talo + -nin → talunin
- Sometimes, the final vowel of the root word disappears when the suffix is added.
- kuha + -nin → kunin
Derived terms