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patángActive Verbi-To put something on, on top of, as on a rock, table.Wáday naipatáng sin lamisáan.Something was placed on the table.See alsosakpásapéw
pátangNounJaw.See alsotímid
patátas1NounPotatoes.Synonympápas2See alsokáli
patátas2NounSpherical variety of sweet potato with white skin and flavorless, watery white flesh.specloktó
patég1NounValue, importance.2Adjectivena-Valuable; important, high-ranking.Sínoy napatpatég? Ay ballitók wénno gambáng?Which is more valuable? Gold or copper?3Active Verb-enTo value, consider something to be important.Say patgék din inádal ko en da amák.What I consider important is what I learned from my parents.
patéte1NounKind of wood borer.2Stative verbma-To be worm-eaten by the above borer.See alsobabáte 2bokbók2dángewleklék1 2
pátiActive Verb1mang-, -om-3, -enTo believe, obey.Anggán mo kankanána, adí ka patpatíen.Even though he says it, don't believe it.See alsobistádósadósagon-goná 2gon-ódkásokásokeddéngkeddéngkowískowísónong1 2ósayósaysaláysaysobótsósiksósiktistígotistígotongpáltongpáltongtóngtongtóng2To go ahead and do something, follow through with a course of action.Ipapátim kod ay makiiskowíla, tan ad-adó di maitólong na.Please follow through and attend school, because it will be of much help.i- + CV
patidólyoNounKerosene.
patíngNounShark.
pátingActive Verbmang-, -enTo cut, gather firewood, of thin sticks and branches.
patlék1NounHookworm.2Stative verbma-To have hookworm.specípes
patnáyNounLower drying and storage rack above fire.See alsobaéganbangsálkalapáwkallaánglaktáng
pat-ó1NounClub.2Active Verb-om-3, -anTo strike with a club.
páto1NounAny species of duck, family Anatidae.spectítit
páto2Active Verbi-To order, direct.See alsobíliniyéw 1lintégtógonarch.
patókActive Verb-om-1To climb, get up on a log, rock, etc. so as to reach something or to get a better view.Síno san pinmapatók ay doy sin bató?Who is that who has climbed up on the rock?See alsopatóng
pat-ókStative verbma...anTo have a white mark, as a spot or star, of animals, esp. a pig, horse, or cow.See alsománsa 3ngámotpintá
patóngActive Verb-om-1To perch, alight, as a bird in a tree; to step up, as a person or animal onto a log, bench.Manpatóng ka dedán sin palángka ta way iyát mo ay mangdás.Step up on the chair, obviously, so you can reach it.Mo way manlamés si kaíw, panpanam-áy din kosíli ay en manpatpatóng.If a tree bears fruit, the birds generally go and perch (there).See alsopatóktokdó 2
patóyong1NounBlister from burn or sting.2Stative verbmai-To be so blistered.Intóy in-át mo pay issán kítong mo ay akét napatóyong!What did you with your forehead? It's blistered!
patpátActive Verb-om-4, -enTo cut runo or grass in a given area, as when gathering mat of leaves for butchering.En kayó manpatpát si ápay.Go cut grass on which to do the butchering.See alsoápaygáatsálatsiwát
patpatókNounMeat.See alsodánglis
pattitík1NounMetal spikes used to accompany dances at a feast.2Active Verbmang-To play the above.See alsogángsaittán 2kótobpal-ógsolíbaw 2tamból
paw-ítActive Verb-omi-4, i-To send with someone, as mail or cargo to be delivered, an order to be filled.Ipaw-ít ko kod na ta ipáyag yo ed Dangwa Station.Please let me send this with you to be put at the Dangwa Station.
payParticle1Still, yet (indicates a continuation of a previous action or state).Adí da pay inoblá din kanán di nákay en obláen da.They had not yet worked on what the old man had told them to do.2As for -- (brings out contrast with preceding statement, often with the construction mo -- pay).Mo si Bacona pay, en nan-iskowíla.(But) as for Bacona, he went to school.3Advances the plot in sequential narrative.Mapidwá din saíg, doy ay ipíka na. Ipíka na pay kanó, natokáng.When she had piled up two more layers (of sweet potatoes in the basket), she stood up with it. And having stood up with it, they say, she fell over.For misc. particles, see following table. For other categories of particles, see a2.

Miscellaneous Particles



ánggoy only, just

komá should, should have

met láeng also; -- and no other

pay still; as for --

pay dedán nevertheless

pay láeng still

to future time



pay dedánParticleAnyway, nevertheless.Enggán mo way nowáng na, idáynek na pay dedán.Even though he has a water buffalo, he nevertheless tramples the old rice stalks into the mud by foot. Miscellaneous Particles