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patay

Pronunciation: /paˈtaj/

“patay” is a Tagalog word. Its 13 meanings in English:

noun

  1. cadaver; corpse; dead body of a person
  2. carcass; the dead body of an animal
  3. state or condition of being dead
  4. the dead; those who have died
  5. act of killing something or someone
  6. act of shutting off something

adjective

  1. dead; lifeless; no longer living
  2. off; not on; unpowered (as of a light, machine)
  3. dried; no longer growing (as of plants)
  4. obsolete; extinct; no longer in use (as of a word, language, or law)
  5. smitten; in love; head over heels

interjection

  1. oh no
  2. expression when one is doomed to be severely punished: dead meat

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p-atay (“kill”), from Proto-Austronesian *pa-aCay (“kill”), from Proto-Austronesian *aCay (“death”). Compare Ilocano patay, Pangasinan patey, Sambali pati, Kapampangan pate, Cebuano patay, Maranao patay, and Javanese pati.

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