dati adv English Originally; for a long time. Example sentence Tagbanwa Dati na bayáng pagbuwaten ya. English He's been doing that for a long time now. n dátiyan English Native, s.o. born in the area. Example sentence Tagbanwa Dá'kami bay amen dátiyan situ, taga bali kamí. English Weŕe not natives here, weŕe from the other side.