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pumatay

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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From patay + -um-. Compare Pangasinan onpatey (“to die”).

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    pumatáy (complete pumatay, progressive pumapatay, contemplative papatay, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜋᜆᜌ᜔)

    1. to kill
    2. (figurative) to be off; to die
      Synonym: mamatay
      Pumapatay ang selpon.
      The phone is turning off.
    3. complete aspect of pumatay

    Conjugation

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    Verb conjugation for pumatay
    affix -um-
    ᜓᜋ᜔
    root word patay
    ᜉᜆᜌ᜔
    trigger actor
    aspect
    infinitive pumatay
    ᜉᜓᜋᜆᜌ᜔
    complete pumatay
    ᜉᜓᜋᜆᜌ᜔
    pungmatay1
    ᜉᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜆᜌ᜔
    progressive pumapatay
    ᜉᜓᜋᜉᜆᜌ᜔
    pungmapatay1
    ᜉᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜉᜆᜌ᜔
    napatay2
    ᜈ ᜉᜆᜌ᜔
    contemplative papatay
    ᜉᜉᜆᜌ᜔
    mapatay2
    ᜋ ᜉᜆᜌ᜔
    recently
    complete
    formal kapapatay
    ᜃᜉᜉᜆᜌ᜔
    informal kakapatay
    ᜃᜃᜉᜆᜌ᜔
    imperative pumatay
    ᜉᜓᜋᜆᜌ᜔
    patay2
    ᜉᜆᜌ᜔

    1Now archaic in Modern Tagalog.
    2Dialectal use only.