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Bikol Central
Etymology
From Philippine Spanish tata (“daddy”) + -oy (“male diminutive suffix”).
Noun
tatay (feminine nanay)
- one's own father or father-in-law
- an affectionate or honorific term for an older man
- Synonyms: ama, papa, papay
Capiznon
Etymology
From Philippine Spanish tata (“daddy”) + -oy (“male diminutive suffix”).
Noun
tatay
- father
Cebuano
Etymology
From Philippine Spanish tata (“daddy”) + -oy (“male diminutive suffix”).
Noun
tatay
- a father
- Synonyms: ama, papa
- an affectionate or honorific term for an older man
Sambali
Etymology
From Philippine Spanish tata (“daddy”) + -oy (“male diminutive suffix”).
Noun
tatay
- father
Tagalog
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from the following:
Pronunciation
Noun
tatay (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆᜌ᜔)
- father (one's male parent)
- Synonyms: ama, amang, itay, 'tay, tatang, tata, papa
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References
- ^ Alvaina, Corazon S. (1989) Halupi: Essays on Philippine Culture, Capital Publishing House
- ^ Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008) “Archived copy”, in The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, archived from the original on 6 April 2023
- ^ Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 60
- ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 123
Further reading
- “tatay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018