Where does “ayaw ko og atay-ataya” come from?
ayaw ko og atay-ataya (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano ko, from Cebuano ako, from Proto-Philippine *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aku, from Proto-Austronesian aku.
ayaw ko og atay-ataya (Cebuano): don't fuck with me!; don't mess with me!; don't give me your bullshit! A sharp, aggressive warning telling someone to stop irritating, tricking, or provoking the speaker
Definitions
- don't fuck with me!; don't mess with me!; don't give me your bullshit! A sharp, aggressive warning telling someone to stop irritating, tricking, or provoking the speaker
Ancestry of “ayaw ko og atay-ataya”, step by step
ayaw ko og atay-ataya traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano ko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | ko | my, mine, by me |
| 2 | Cebuano | ako | 1st person direct-marked pronoun: I, me |
| 3 | Proto-Philippine | *aku | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | aku | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | aku | — |
via Cebuano atay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | atay | the liver; fowl cholera; to have of to suffer... |
| 2 | Austronesian | *qatay | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | qaCay | liver |
via Cebuano og
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | og | Indefinite article, used as object marker for... |