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	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	⁠—
	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
		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	⁠—
1Used 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
1Used in formal contexts. 2Only 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