pa- -nin

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Circumfix

pa- -nin

  1. alternative form of pa- -in
    pa- -in + tawa (“laugh”) → patawanin (“to make someone laugh”)
    pa- -in + talo (“defeat”) → patalunin (“to let someone 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
Tagalog words circumfixed with pa- -nin
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