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	Root word		Trigger
-in ᜒᜈ᜔	patawa ᜉᜆᜏ		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
patawanin ᜉᜆᜏᜈᜒᜈ᜔	pinatawa ᜉᜒᜈᜆᜏ	pinapatawa ᜉᜒᜈᜉᜆᜏ inapatawa1 ᜁᜈᜉᜆᜏ	papatawanin ᜉᜉᜆᜏᜈᜒᜈ᜔ apatawanin1 ᜀᜉᜆᜏᜈᜒᜈ᜔	patawanin ᜉᜆᜏᜈᜒᜈ᜔ patawa1 ᜉᜆᜏ patawana1 ᜉᜆᜏᜈ
1 Dialectal use only.

See also

• patawahin