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Cebuano
Etymology
patay + -in-
Pronunciation
Noun
minatay
- what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse; the remains
Higaonon
Etymology
From patay, compare Cebuano patay.
Verb
minatay
- to kill
Tagalog
Etymology
From matay + -in-. Compare Cebuano minatay.
Pronunciation
Noun
minatáy (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜆᜌ᜔) (obsolete)
- deceased; the dead; a dead person
- Synonyms: namatay, patay
May minatay na tao sa bayan?- Is there a dead person at the town?
Ipahukay mo na ang minatay.- Have the dead be buried now.
Derived terms
See also
Verb
minatáy (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜆᜌ᜔) (obsolete)
- complete aspect of matayin
Further reading
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 254: “Difuncto) Minatay [(pc)] q̃ ſe murio”