"In-" is a word in ENGLISH, CEBUANO

A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in,
meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline,
inject, intrude. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il-
before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial; as, illusion,
irruption, imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes used with an
simple intensive force.

With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the
part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the
army.

With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he
traveled in Italy; castles in the air.

With reference to physical surrounding, personal states,
etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness;
to live in fear.

The specific signification of in is situation or place with
respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used
with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or
within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as
limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its
different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and
sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among.

One who is in office; -- the opposite of out.

With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in
difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light.

With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a holding,
possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the
seisin of her husband.

To inclose; to take in; to harvest.

A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.

Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an
adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of
an adverbial phrase, the context indicating what the omitted object is;
as, he takes in the situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind);
the Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and out at
the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side was in (i. e., in the
turn at the bat); he came in (i. e., into the house).

With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it
happened in the last century; in all my life.

A suffix. See the Note under -ine.

ín v [A12; c] be accepted as a teacher in the public schools.
Wà pa siya maín sa pagkamaistra kay way bakanti, She hasnt been accepted as a teacher because theres no vacancy.
n one who is in in the school system.

in grammatical particle (dialectal).
{1} = y.
{2} subject marker for an indefinite subject (standard Cebuano: ang).
Dílì hingpit ang altar kay dakù pa man in kúwang, The altar is not complete.
There is a good deal lacking.

An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as,
inactive, incapable, inapt. In- regularly becomes il- before l, ir-
before r, and im- before a labial.

With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence
considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor.

With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain
limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed
in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in
God.

ín a for a ball to be in bounds.
v [A; c6] in billiards, move the cue ball perpendicularly a certain distance from the edge of the billiard table to make it easier to shoot.

-in derivational a?
x.
{1} added to verbs forming nouns which refer to the continuous action of doing and verbs which mean [do] continuously.
Sa tantu níyang hinílak, From crying so much.
Dúru nákung pinangítà, I looked for it for all I was worth.
{2} added to words which refer to sounds to form nouns which mean the sound of.
Tinúlù, The sound of dripping.
Kinasíkas, Rustling sound.

-in derivative a?
x added to adjectives or nouns to form ad-jectives which mean in the manner of [such-and-such] and verbs that mean do in [such-and-such] a manner.
Usually, there is shift to the left with the addition of this a?
x.
Ug dílì mahímù sa minaayu, buhátun nátù sa dinautang paági, If it can not be done in a nice way, well do it in a bad way.
Inigsuung tambag, Sisterly advice.
{2} by the .
.
.
Giswilduan silag sinimana, They were paid by the week.
Ginagmayng pagkapalit, Bought a little at a time.

-in a?
x added to verb bases to form nouns which are parallel in meaning to the direct passive inflectional a?
x (-un1) and the instrumental inflectional passive (i), meaning 1.
{1} the thing [verb]ed.
Hinátag ba ni u pinalit ba?
Was this a present (s.t.
given) or just s.t.
you bought?
{2} s.t.
put s.w.
or in s.t.
Inasin nga karni, Salted meat.
Kinahun ug linata, Things in boxes and things in cans.