-rin

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Japanese

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Romanization

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-rin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of りん

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From -in, but Potet (2013) finds this suffix as abnormal so surmises it to be influenced by Sanskrit -इन् (-in) as in अपचारिन् (apacārin), specifically for salarin.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-rin (verb-forming suffix, adjective-forming suffix, noun-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. alternative form of -in
    sala (fault) + ‎-rin → ‎salarin (culprit)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 149