minatay

Cebuano

Etymology

patay +‎ -in-

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧tay

Noun

minatay

1. what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse; the remains

Higaonon

Etymology

From patay, compare Cebuano patay.

Verb

minatay

1. to kill

Tagalog

Etymology

From matay +‎ -in-. Compare Cebuano minatay.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /minaˈtaj/ [mɪ.nɐˈtaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: mi‧na‧tay

Noun

minatáy (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜆᜌ᜔) (obsolete)

1. 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

• minatayin

 

See also

• bangkay

 

Verb

minatáy (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜆᜌ᜔) (obsolete)

1. 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^[1] (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^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 254: “Difuncto) Minatay [(pc)] q̃ ſe murio”