atay noun English. The liver (oft. impolite when referring to a person's liver), both as body part and meat. Example sentence: Subanen. ...pu' iini gulaula nu nga Hapun, duun ig babuy ditug balay kitu tiniti' pa nilan. Pingalap laak nilan su paat buuk paa nug babuy, su gatayen, bunga nen muka' pusung. English. ...for this is what the Japanese did. They took just the pig's four thighs (ie two thighs and two shoulders), its liver, its kidneys and its heart. atayatay Sense 1 noun English. A cultivated, short, woody shrub having wide reddish leaves used to make a medicine for human and animal liver disorders. Sense 2 English. An often fatal liver disease of poultry.