magpatay-patayan
Tagalog
Etymology
From mag- (“agent auffix”) + patay-patayan (“playing dead”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɡpaˌtaj paˈtajan/, [mɐɡ.pɐˌtaɪ̯ pɐˈta.jɐn]
- Hyphenation: mag‧pa‧tay-pa‧ta‧yan
Verb
magpatáy-patayan (complete nagpatay-patayan, progressive nagpapatay-patayan, contemplative magpapatay-patayan, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔)
- to play dead
- Nagpatay-patayan ang dalawang nakaligtas sa panloloob para hindi siya mabaril.
- The two survivors of the robbery case played dead so they would not be shot.
- 1987, National Mid-week:
- Ang maliit ay nagpatay-patayan; ang dugo ng kanyang ina'y mainit at tumatagos sa kanyang katawan. Ang mga mata ng isang nagngangalang Acosta ay pu- nong-puno ng pagkasuklam. Hindi niya malilimutan ang pagpaslang sa kanyang mga magulang at binatang kapatid.
- The small one played dead; the blood from her mother is hot and it flowed through her body. The eyes of someone named Acosta is filled with disgust. He cannot forget the murder of his parents and his teenage brother.
Inflection
Verb conjugation for magpatay-patayan
| Affix | Root word | Trigger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mag- ᜋᜄ᜔ |
patay-patayan ᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔ |
actor | ||||
| Aspect | Imperative | |||||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
| magpatay-patayan ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔ |
nagpatay-patayan ᜈᜄ᜔ᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔ |
nagpapatay-patayan ᜈᜄ᜔ᜉᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔ nagapatay-patayan1 ᜈᜄᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔ |
magpapatay-patayan ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔ magapatay-patayan1 ᜋᜄᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔ gapatay-patayan1 ᜄᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔ |
formal | kapapatay-patayan ᜃᜉᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔ kapagpapatay-patayan ᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜉᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔ |
magpatay-patayan1 ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔ |
| informal | kakapatay-patayan ᜃᜃᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔ kakapagpatay-patayan ᜃᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔ kapapagpatay-patayan ᜃᜉᜉᜄ᜔ᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜉᜆᜌᜈ᜔ | |||||
| 1 Dialectal use only. | ||||||
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