tatay
Capiznon
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Philippine Spanish tata (“daddy”) + -oy (male diminutive suffix).
Noun
tatay
Cebuano
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Philippine Spanish tata (“daddy”) + -oy (male diminutive suffix).
Noun
tatay
Central Bikol
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Philippine Spanish tata (“daddy”) + -oy (male diminutive suffix).
Noun
tatay (feminine nanay)
- one's own father or father-in-law
- an affectionate or honorific term for an older man
Sambali
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Philippine Spanish tata (“daddy”) + -oy (male diminutive suffix).
Noun
tatay
Tagalog
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from the following:
- From tata (“daddy”) + -oy (male diminutive suffix), where the root is from Philippine Spanish. See also tatang, nanay, nanang, ama, amang, ina, inay, nay, inang.
- From Proto-Austronesian *tata.[1] Compare Raga tata.
- From Hokkien 大代 (tōa-tāi, “elder generation”).[2] However, Chan-Yap (1980) disagrees as the morphemes were never used in such a combination to mean “father”.[3]
According to Serrano-Laktaw (1914), its usage started in Manila and was eventually adopted in the provinces.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtataj/ [ˈt̪aː.t̪aɪ̯], (now uncommon) /taˈtaj/ [t̪ɐˈt̪aɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -ataj, (now uncommon) -aj
- Syllabification: ta‧tay
Noun
tatay or tatáy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆᜌ᜔)
- father (male parent)
- (informal) term of address for a father: dad; daddy; pops; Pa; paw; papa; poppa
Derived terms
- magtatay
- pagtatatay
- tatay-tatayan
Related terms
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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