mautas
mautás with stress marks
to perish
From root: utas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nautas
na-u-TAS
perished
Present (Incomplete)
nauutas
na-u-u-TAS
is perishing
Future (Contemplated)
mauutas
ma-u-u-TAS
will perish
Usage Note
Mautas is the potentive actor-focus form of utas, used colloquially when someone or something meets their end through force or exhaustion rather than natural causes. The ma- prefix signals an unintended or accidental outcome, and the word sits at a harsher register than mamatay — carrying an implication of being finished off or worn out completely.
Examples
" Ayaw kong mautas ang aso. "
Natural Translation
I don't want the dog to perish.
Literal Translation
Dislike I to-perish the dog.
" Ayaw nating mautas ang buhay ng mga halaman dahil sa matinding tagtuyot. "
Natural Translation
We don't want the plants to perish due to the intense drought.
Literal Translation
Dislike we to-perish the life of plants because of intense drought.
" Halos mautas na ang mga isda sa lawa nang tumaas nang husto ang init ng tubig noong tag-init. "
Natural Translation
The fish in the lake nearly perished when the water temperature rose sharply during the summer.
Literal Translation
Almost to-perish already the fish in lake when rose very-much the heat of water during summer.
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