biruin

Tagalog

Etymology

From biro +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈɾuʔin/
Rhymes: -uʔin
Syllabification: bi‧ru‧in

Verb

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

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.
to crack a joke

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for biruin (Class I) - um/in object verb

Trigger	Affix	Aspect
Root word				biro
Trigger	Affix	Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Recently Complete
Actor	-um-	bumiro	bumiro	bumibiro nabiro²	bibiro mabiro²	kabibiro¹ kakabiro
Object	-in	biruin	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	⁠—
Causative	i-³	ibiro	ibiniro	ibinibiro	ibibiro	⁠—
Measurement	i-	ibiro	ibiniro	ibinibiro	ibibiro	⁠—
¹Used in formal contexts. ²Dialectal use only. ³Generally avoided unless the cause is emphasized.

Indirect (pa-) verb forms

Trigger	Affix	Aspect
Trigger	Affix	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	⁠—
Locative	⁠papag- -an	papagbiruan	pinapagbiruan	pinapapagbiruan	papapagbiruan	⁠—
¹Used in formal contexts.

Ability/involuntary (maka-/ma-) verb forms

Direct action verbs
Trigger	Affix	Aspect
Trigger	Affix	Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
Actor	maka-	makabiro	nakabiro	nakabibiro¹ nakakabiro	makabibiro¹ makakabiro
Actor	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
Causative	mai-	maibiro	naibiro	naibibiro	maibibiro
Locative	⁠mapag- -an	mapagbiroan	napagbiroan	napagbibiroan¹ napapagbiroan	mapagbibiroan¹ mapapagbiroan
Indirect action verbs
Trigger	Affix	Aspect
Trigger	Affix	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
Locative	⁠mapapag- -an	mapapagbiruan	napapagbiruan	napapapagbiruan	mapapapagbiruan
¹Used in formal contexts. ²Only for involuntary actions, not for ability verbs.

Social (maki-) verb forms

Form	Affix	Aspect
Form	Affix	Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
Direct	maki-	makibiro	nakibiro	nakikibiro	makikibiro
Indirect	makipagpa-	makipagpabiro	nakipagpabiro	nakikipagpabiro	makikipagpabiro

Derived terms

biruin mo