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patay-gutom

Pronunciation: /paˌtaj ˈɡutom/

“patay-gutom” is a Tagalog word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. extremely hungry
  2. lacking money or material possessions; poor; destitute; impoverished
  3. greedy

Etymology

From patay (“dead”) + gutom (“hunger”). Loosely translated as “hungry to death”. Compare Spanish muerto de hambre.

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