patu noun English. Domesticated duck, probably the sheldrake, Scientific name. Tadorna tadorna. Example sentence: Subanen. Kanugdin melaun gupiai patu nami, pu' diin maami baba' tubig migbalay. English. Formerly we had a lot of ducks, because we had our house near the mouth of the stream. Generic. tubu' (petubu'en)