patawanin

Tagalog

Etymology

From tawa +‎ pa- -nin.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pataˈwanin/ [pɐ.t̪ɐˈwaː.n̪ɪn̪]
  • Rhymes: -anin
  • Syllabification: pa‧ta‧wa‧nin

Verb

patawanin (complete pinatawa, progressive pinatatawa, contemplative patatawanin, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜏᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. to be made laugh
    Mabilis patawanin ng payaso ang mga bata.
    The clown fastly makes the children laugh.
    (literally, “The children were quick to be made laugh by the clown.”)

Inflection

Verb conjugation for patawanin
affix -in / ᜒᜈ᜔
root word patawa / ᜉᜆᜏ
trigger object
aspect
infinitive  / ᜉᜆᜏᜈᜒᜈ᜔
complete pinatawa  / ᜉᜒᜈᜆᜏ
progressive pinapatawa  / ᜉᜒᜈᜉᜆᜏ
inapatawa1 / ᜁᜈᜉᜆᜏ
contemplative papatawanin / ᜉᜉᜆᜏᜈᜒᜈ᜔
apatawanin1 / ᜀᜉᜆᜏᜈᜒᜈ᜔
imperative  / ᜉᜆᜏᜈᜒᜈ᜔
patawa1 / ᜉᜆᜏ
patawana1 / ᜉᜆᜏᜈ

1 Dialectal use only.

See also

  • patawahin