katayin
katayín with stress marks
to butcher [it]
From root: katay
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
kinatay
ki-NA-tay
butchered
Present (Incomplete)
kinakatay
ki-na-KA-tay
is being butchered
Future (Contemplated)
kakatayin
ka-ka-ta-YIN
will be butchered
Usage Note
Katayin is the object-focus -in form of katay, focusing on the animal being slaughtered or butchered. Central to Filipino festive culture — pigs are butchered for lechon at fiestas and Christmas gatherings — and whole-animal slaughter remains a communal, often ceremonial act in many provinces. The root carries no euphemistic softening; it is the plain, direct term for the act.
Examples
" Katayin natin ang baboy bukas. "
Natural Translation
Let's butcher the pig tomorrow.
Literal Translation
Butcher we the pig tomorrow.
" Plano ng magsasaka na katayin ang baboy para sa pista. "
Natural Translation
The farmer plans to butcher the pig for the fiesta.
Literal Translation
Plan of farmer to butcher the pig for the feast.
" Bago katayin ang baka, sinisigurado ng magsasaka na malusog ito at malinis ang lugar ng pagkatay. "
Natural Translation
Before the cow is butchered, the farmer makes sure it is healthy and that the slaughtering place is clean.
Literal Translation
Before butcher the cow, makes-sure of farmer that healthy it and clean the place of butchering.
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