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Tagalog
Circumfix
pa- -nin (Baybayin spelling ᜉ ᜈᜒᜈ᜔)
- alternative form of pa- -in
- tawa (“laugh”) + pa- -nin → patawanin (“to be made to laugh”)
- talo (“defeat”) + pa- -nin → patalunin (“to let one be defeated”)
Usage notes
- Normally, /h/ is inserted before -in when the root word ends with a vowel that is not followed by a glottal stop. In some cases, phoneme change can occur and /h/ becomes /n/.
- punta + pa- -nin → papuntahin
- ganda + pa- -nin → pagandahin
- laki + pa- -nin → palakihin
- tawa + pa- -nin → patawanin
Derived terms
Category Tagalog terms circumfixed with pa- -nin not found