pumatay

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Tagalog

Etymology

From patay +‎ -um-. Compare Pangasinan onpatey (“to die”).

Pronunciation

Verb

pumatáy (complete pumatay, progressive pumapatay, contemplative papatay, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜋᜆᜌ᜔)

  1. to kill
  2. (nonstandard) to be off; to die
    Synonym: mamatay
    Pumapatay ang selpon.
    The phone is turning off.
  3. complete aspect of pumatay

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for pumatay
Affix Root word Trigger
-um-
ᜓᜋ᜔ 		patay
ᜉᜆᜌ᜔ 		actor
Aspect Imperative
Infinitive Complete Progressive Contemplative Recently Complete
pumatay
ᜉᜓᜋᜆᜌ᜔ 		pumatay
ᜉᜓᜋᜆᜌ᜔
pungmatay1
ᜉᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜆᜌ᜔ 		pumapatay
ᜉᜓᜋᜉᜆᜌ᜔
pungmapatay1
ᜉᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜉᜆᜌ᜔
napatay2
ᜈ ᜉᜆᜌ᜔ 		papatay
ᜉᜉᜆᜌ᜔
mapatay2
ᜋ ᜉᜆᜌ᜔ 		formal kapapatay
ᜃᜉᜉᜆᜌ᜔ 		pumatay
ᜉᜓᜋᜆᜌ᜔
patay2
ᜉᜆᜌ᜔
informal kakapatay
ᜃᜃᜉᜆᜌ᜔
1Now archaic in Modern Tagalog.
2Dialectal use only.
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