mag-stay

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish), from mag- +‎ English stay, with the root as an unadapted borrowing from English.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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mag-stay (complete nag-stay, progressive nag-ii-stay, contemplative mag-ii-stay, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌ᜔)

  1. to stay
    Nag-stay kami doon nang tatlong araw.
    We stayed there for three days.