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Etymology

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From Philippine Spanish tata (daddy) +‎ -oy (male diminutive suffix).

Noun

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tatay (feminine nanay)

  1. one's own father or father-in-law
  2. an affectionate or honorific term for an older man
    Synonyms: ama, papa, papay

Capiznon

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Etymology

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From Philippine Spanish tata (daddy) +‎ -oy (male diminutive suffix).

Noun

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tatay

  1. father

Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Philippine Spanish tata (daddy) +‎ -oy (male diminutive suffix).

Noun

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tatay

  1. a father
    Synonyms: ama, papa
  2. an affectionate or honorific term for an older man

Sambali

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Etymology

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From Philippine Spanish tata (daddy) +‎ -oy (male diminutive suffix).

Noun

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tatay

  1. father

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from the following:

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tatay (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆᜌ᜔)

  1. father (one's male parent)
    Synonyms: ama, amang, itay, 'tay, tatang, tata, papa

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Alvaina, Corazon S. (1989) Halupi: Essays on Philippine Culture, Capital Publishing House
  2. ^ Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008) “Archived copy”, in The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics[1], archived from the original on 6 April 2023
  3. ^ Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 60
  4. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 123

Further reading

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  • tatay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018