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patey
1
A dead person. The dead (collective).
Maki mangan me' pateyin bang beytu pabatsa.
The dead will eat at the time of the pabatsa ceremony.
Ga' niya' pateyku, dembuwa' du.
I don’t have any dead (relatives), only one.
Pinakellum balik we' Tuhanin me' pateyin.
God will bring the dead back to life.
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matey
(see also matey)
To be dead, be deceased; to die; to stop (in the sense of to quit functioning).
Tiggel ne iye matey.
He died a long time ago.
Matey mākina jīpnen si tengnga' lān.
The motor of his jeep quit functioning in the middle of the road.
Ga'i kata'uhanku bang lisag piye ne pegge' matey deloskun.
I don’t know what time it is because my watch stopped.
2
papatey
N-, mag- (recip.)
To kill s.t.; to turn off a machine (i.e. to stop it).
Papateyne bantanen.
He killed his enemy.
Magpapatey siye bu magusba du siye.
They kill each other and what’s more they are relatives.
A'a iyan bakas mapatey.
That person has killed.
Papateyun dahu' mākina jīpin pegge' tiggel pe siye.
Turn off (stop) the motor of the jeep because they will be a while still.
bono' binasa sabil la'ug
3
magpatey
For s.t. to heal; to be healed.
Magpatey ne balik barannen.
His body is healed again now.
Ga' pe iye magpatey bakas inoperahin.
She isn’t healed yet from her operation.
Ga' pe magpatey dem bettengnen bakas manganakin.
The one who gave birth is not yet healed in her belly.
kawuli'(an)
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4
magmatey
To wail; cry or weep loudly.
Magmatey iye pegge' matey papu'nen.
She wails because her grandparent died.
Magmatey iye pegge' peddi'an iye.
She cries loud because she hurts.
tāring
5
kamatey
Death; at the death of...
Tiggel ne kamatey sa'inen.
The death of her mother occurred a long time ago.
La'i ku kamateynen.
I was there at his death.
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EUPHEMISMS FOR DEATH
bekkat napasnen his breath snapped
niya' anu someone “kwaned”
niya' mole' someone went home
niya' udjul someone died

DEROGATORY EXPRESSIONS FOR DEATH OR BEING DEAD
leggi' stiff, as fish dried too hard
niya' tulla someone died
pininsan death as a curse: may you be unconscious
tubag die a violent death, become unconscious that way

JOKING ABOUT DEATH
hap Basilan diyawa' ne iye he has gone to lower Basilan
tetellenne napasnen he swallowed his breath
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