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patay

Pronunciation: /paˈtaj/

“patay” is a Cebuano word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. the dead, deceased
  2. fatality, killing
  3. cadaver, corpse, carcass

adjective

  1. dead; no longer living
  2. dry or dull
  3. smashed or detached
  4. completely inactive; without power; without a signal

verb

  1. to die, to drop dead
  2. to kill
  3. to turn off

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p-atay, from Proto-Austronesian *aCay.

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