"In-An" is a word in CEBUANO
-in-an a?
x added to verb bases to form nouns which are parallel in meaning to the local passive inflectional a?
x (-an).
{1} s.t.
from, at, on, to which s.t.
was done, place at which s.t.
was done.
Kinutúban sa ákung yútà, The boundary of my land.
(Lit.
The place to which my land reached.
) {2} the thing or person [verb]ed.
Nakahibáwu ku sa ímung tinagúan, I know your secret.
{2a} s.t.
caught by [such-and-such] a method of fishing, hunting, etc.
Pinaslan, Fish caught with a line.
Dininamitáhan, Fish caught with dynamite.
{3} reason for [do]ing.
Mu ra nay ímung hinilákan?
Is that all youre crying about?
-in-an() a?
x added to verbs to form nouns meaning manner of doing.
Linakwan, Way of walking.
Kinataw-an, Way of laugh-ing.
Happiness grows at our own firesides and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.
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