Where does “mipatay” come from?

mipatay (Amis) comes from Amis patay, from Proto-Austronesian *pa-aCay.

mipatay (Amis): to kill

Definitions

  1. to kill

Ancestry of “mipatay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amispataydeath
2Proto-Austronesian*pa-aCay—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *pa-aCay →Every word from Amis patay →
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