Where does “patay” come from?

patay (Mansaka) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian p-atay, from Proto-Austronesian aCay.

patay (Mansaka): to kill

Definitions

  1. to kill

Ancestry of “patay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianp-ataydead
2Proto-AustronesianaCay
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aCay
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