matay

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay, compare Malay mati.

matay

1. to die

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay. Cognate with Indonesian mati.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmataj/

matay

1. to die

   Ayam inon penga matay malom piodo.

   That bird has died yesterday night.

• Adul, M. Asfandi (1985) “matay”, in Struktur Bahasa Bulungan‎^[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay (“die; dead; sick; tired (of)”), from Proto-Austronesian *ma-aCay (“die; dead; eclipse of sun or moon”), from Proto-Austronesian *aCay (“death”). Compare Malay mati.

• Hyphenation: ma‧tay
• IPA^(key): /maˈtaj/ [mɐˈt̪aɪ̯]

matáy (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆᜌ᜔)

1. to die

matáy (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆᜌ᜔)

1. (humorous) oh really (an expression of surprise)

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:matay.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay (“die; dead; sick; tired (of)”), from Proto-Austronesian *ma-aCay (“die; dead; eclipse of sun or moon”), from Proto-Austronesian *aCay (“death”).

• Hyphenation: ma‧tay
• IPA^(key): /maˈtaj/ [maˈtaɪ̯]

matáy

1. to die

matay

1. to die

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [mʌtˈtʌj]
• Hyphenation: ma‧tay

matay inan (plural mataya, augmentative mahkatay, Syllabics ᒪᑕᐩ)

1. belly, stomach

• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[2], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 313

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈtaj/ [mɐˈt̪aɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: ma‧tay

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay (“die; dead; sick; tired (of)”), from Proto-Austronesian *ma-aCay (“die; dead; eclipse of sun or moon”), from Proto-Austronesian *aCay (“death”). Compare Ilocano matay, Kapampangan mate, Bikol Central matay, Cebuano matay, Maranao matay, and Malay mati.

matáy (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜌ᜔)

1. act of dying

matáy (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜌ᜔) (obsolete)

1. as much as; even though

   Matay ko mang baluktutin ang malaking tubong bakal na iyan ay hindi ko magawa.

   As much as I bend that big steel tube, I cannot do it.

From an archaic apheretic form of pumatay (“to kill”).

matay (complete natay, progressive nanatay, contemplative papatay, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜌ᜔) (obsolete)

1. Apheretic form of pumatay (infinitive)

   Yari ang natay sa anak mo.

   Here is the one who killed your child.

• “matay”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “matay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018