pumatay
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From patay + -um-. Compare Pangasinan onpatey (“to die”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pumaˈtaj/ [pʊ.mɐˈt̪aɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: pu‧ma‧tay
Verb
[edit]pumatáy (complete pumatay, progressive pumapatay, contemplative papatay, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜋᜆᜌ᜔)
- to kill
- (nonstandard) to be off; to die
- Synonym: mamatay
- Pumapatay ang selpon.
- The phone is turning off.
- complete aspect of pumatay
Conjugation
[edit]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. | ||||||