biruin

Tagalog

Etymology

From biro +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /biˈɾuʔin/ [bɪˈɾuː.ʔɪn̪]
  • Rhymes: -uʔin
  • Syllabification: bi‧ru‧in

Verb

biruin (complete biniro, progressive binibiro, contemplative bibiruin, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜓᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. to joke; to jest; to poke fun at
    Binibiro namin si Lawrence sa kakaibang paraan niya sa pakikitungo sa kapwa.
    We tease Lawrence of his queer way of dealing with people.
  2. to crack a joke

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for biruin (Class I) - um/in object verb
root word biro
trigger affix aspect
infinitive complete progressive contemplative recently complete
actor -um- bumiro bumiro bumibiro
nabiro2
bibiro
mabiro2
kabibiro1
kakabiro
object -in biniro binibiro
inabiro2
bibiruin
abiruin2
⁠—
locative pag- -an pagbiruan pinagbiruan pinapagbiruan
pinagbibiruan
papagbiruan
pagbibiruan
⁠—
benefactive i- ibiro ibiniro ibinibiro ibibiro ⁠—
instrument ipang- ipambiro ipinambiro ipinapambiro ipapambiro ⁠—
causative ika- ikabiro ikinabiro ikinabibiro1
ikinakabiro
ikabibiro1
ikakabiro
⁠—
i-3 ibiro ibiniro ibinibiro ibibiro ⁠—
measurement i- ibiro ibiniro ibinibiro ibibiro ⁠—

1 Used in formal contexts. 2 Dialectal use only. 3 Generally avoided unless the cause is emphasized.

Indirect (pa-) verb forms
trigger affix aspect
infinitive complete progressive contemplative recently complete
actor magpa- magpabiro nagpabiro nagpapabiro magpapabiro ⁠kapabibiro1
kapapabiro
kapagpapabiro
kakapabiro
actor-secondary pa- -in pabiruin pinabiro pinabibiro
pinapabiro
pabibiruin
papabiruin
⁠—
object ipa- ipabiro ipinabiro ipinabibiro
ipinapabiro
ipabibiro
ipapabiro
⁠—
benefactive ipagpa- ipagpabiro ipinagpabiro ipinagpapabiro1
ipinapagpabiro
ipagpapabiro1
ipapagpabiro
⁠—
causative ikapagpa- ikapagpabiro ikinapagpabiro ikinapagpapabiro1
ikinakapagpabiro
ikapagpapabiro1
ikakapagpabiro
⁠—
locative pagpa- -an pagpabiruan pinagpabiruan pinagpapabibiruan1
pinapagpabiruan
pagpapabibiruan1
papagpabiruan
⁠—
papag- -an papagbiruan pinapagbiruan pinapapagbiruan papapagbiruan ⁠—

1 Used in formal contexts.

Ability/involuntary (maka-/ma-) verb forms
direct action verbs
trigger affix aspect
infinitive complete progressive contemplative
actor maka- makabiro nakabiro nakabibiro1
nakakabiro
makabibiro1
makakabiro


mapa-2 mapabiro napabiro napabibiro1
napapabiro
mapabibiro1
mapapabiro
object ma- mabiro nabiro nabibiro mabibiro
benefactive mai- maibiro naibiro naibibiro maibibiro
causative maika- maikabiro naikabiro naikabibiro1
naikakabiro
naiikabiro
naikabibiro1
naikakabiro
naiikabiro
mai- maibiro naibiro naibibiro maibibiro
locative mapag- -an mapagbiroan napagbiroan napagbibiroan1
napapagbiroan
mapagbibiroan1
mapapagbiroan
indirect action verbs
trigger affix aspect
infinitive complete progressive contemplative
actor makapagpa- makapagpabiro nakapagpabiro nakapagpapabiro1
nakakapagpabiro
makapagpapabiro1
makakapagpabiro
actor-secondary mapa- mapabiro napabiro napabibiro1
napapabiro
mapabibiro1
mapapabiro
object maipa- maipabiro naipabiro naipabibiro1
naipapabiro
naiipabiro
maipabibiro1
maipapabiro
maiipabiro
benefactive maipagpa- maipagpabiro naipagpabiro naipagpapabiro1
naipapagpabiro
naiipagpabiro
maipagpapabiro1
maipapagpabiro
maiipagpabiro
causative maikapagpa- maikapagpabiro naikapagpabiro naikapagpapabiro1
naikakapagpabiro
naiikapagpabiro
maikapagpapabiro1
maikakapagpabiro
maiikapagpabiro
locative mapagpa- -an mapagpabiruan napagpabiruan napagpapabibiruan1
napapagpabiruan
mapagpapabibiruan1
mapapagpabiruan
mapapag- -an mapapagbiruan napapagbiruan napapapagbiruan mapapapagbiruan

1 Used in formal contexts. 2 Only for involuntary actions, not for ability verbs.

Social (maki-) verb forms
form affix aspect
infinitive complete progressive contemplative
direct maki- makibiro nakibiro nakikibiro makikibiro
indirect makipagpa- makipagpabiro nakipagpabiro nakikipagpabiro makikipagpabiro

Derived terms

  • biruin mo