Where does “mapatay” come from?

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

mapatay (Tagalog): to be killed

Definitions

  1. to be killed

Ancestry of “mapatay”, step by step

mapatay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog patay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpataythe dead body of a person; cadaver; corpse; the...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianp-ataydead
3Proto-AustronesianaCay—

via Amis patay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amispataydeath
2Proto-Austronesian*pa-aCay—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aCay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian p-atay →Every word from Tagalog patay →
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