pin
pre · Ibaloi (Inibaloi, Nabaloi)
What does pin mean in Ibaloi?
In Ibaloi, pin is a prefix meaning ‘indicates the number of times’. Ibaloi (also called Inibaloi or Nabaloi) is an Austronesian language of Benguet province in the northern Philippines.
Source: Sofia Olga Anton, A Handy Guidebook to the Ibaloi Language (2010).
Definition
- preindicates the number of times
Inflections & forms
- pinsak once
- pin-shuwa twice, second time
- pin-teddo thrice, third time
- pin-epat four times, fourth time
- pin-dima five times, fifth time
- pin-enem six times, sixth time
- pin-pito seven times, seventh time
- pin-gualo eight times, eighth time
- pin-siyam nine times, ninth time
- pin-polo ten times, tenth time
About Ibaloi: Ibaloi (also called Inibaloi or Nabaloi) is the indigenous Cordilleran language of southern Benguet province in the northern Philippines, with approximately 120,000 native speakers. It is part of the Austronesian language family.