Agutaynen - patay

patay

patáy

ma-

For a person, animal, or plant to die; for a person to pass, pass away.

patay

Napatay tanandia ong sobrang inem.

He died from too much drinking.

Limbeng nira tang kirong napatay don ong baybay.

They buried the dog that died there on the beach.

patay da

Dead, no longer living.

Ang tatayo patay da, piro boi pa tang nanayo.

My father is dead, but my mother is still alive.

When one's parent or sibling dies, the person will not dance or sing (in groups or solo), or join in the ring game at a wake for one year. If a grandparent, aunt, or uncle dies, the wait is six months. It is forbidden to sweep around the exterior of the house when a neighbor dies, or to replace a roof. It is also taboo to do house repairs for a month if a neighbor has died. There are several euphemisms which mean that a person has died. See the following:

bontok tang linawa, na-kaw da (tongkaw), bawi, penay

boi

mag-

-en

To kill, slaughter and an animal; to butcher an animal for meat.

Ganing tanira, magpatay amo ono ta baboy, mangambago rin.

They say you will kill a pig, I'd like to order some meat.

Onopay patayen nira para ong pista?

What will they butcher for the fiesta?

matada

maN-

-en

To kill, murder a person; to be murdered.

Ang pāmatay ta taw, ang bagay ong nandia patayen ka.

A person who murders people, he also deserves to be killed.

magpakamatay, papatay

To kill oneself, commit suicide.

Ang lali binigo tang nobia na animan nagpakamatay.

The boy was rejected by his fiancée and consequently he killed himself.

Papatayo ra lamang!

I'll just kill myself!

bikti

bitay

napatayan

The bereaved.

Paningo rin lagat-lagat ong napatayan.

I'll go in a while to visit the bereaved.

minatay

The dead; a dead person; a corpse.

kamatayen

Death.

kinamatay

The cause of death.

tagomatayen

The last stages of death; a person's final agony, suffering before dying.

mag-

-en, ma-

ma--an

To turn, shut something off, such as a light, a radio, motor, etc. (lit. to kill it); to extinguish a light or a flame; for a light, engine, etc. to suddenly stop running (lit. to die); for people to have an engine suddenly stop functioning while using it (lit. for the engine to die on them).

Patayen mo kay tang pa-kal, mapoyat ita ra.

Please turn off the lights (lit. kill the lights), we'll sleep now.

Angay golping napatay tang makina, onopay dipirinsia na?

Why did the engine suddenly die, what's wrong with it?

Napatayan ami ta makina ong laod, ong pagtetengan tang Canipo may Linabog.

The engine died on us, halfway between Canipo and Linabog.

langga

patay-patay

To be slow about doing something.

Ang Kapitan amen patay-patay ang komaliek.

Our Barangay Captain is slow about doing things (lit. moves as if dead).

makinot, taleng-talengan, malobay