magpatay-patayan

Tagalog

Etymology

mag- (“agent auffix”) +‎ patay-patayan (“playing dead”)

Verb

magpatay-patayan

  1. to play dead
    • 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.
    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.

Inflection
Verb conjugation for magpatay-patayan
Affix Root word Trigger
mag- patay-patayan actor
Aspect Imperative
Infinitive Complete Progressive Contemplative Recently Complete
magpatay-patayan nagpatay-patayan nagpapatay-patayan
nagapatay-patayan1		 magpapatay-patayan
magapatay-patayan1
gapatay-patayan1		 formal kapapatay-patayan
kapagpapatay-patayan		 pagpatay-patayan1
informal kakapatay-patayan
kakapagpatay-patayan
kapapagpatay-patayan
1 Dialectal use only.
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