tatay

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

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

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

tatay

1. father

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

tatay

1. a father

   Synonyms: ama, papa

2. an affectionate or honorific term for an older man

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

tatay

1. father

Uncertain. Possibly from the following:

• From Philippine Spanish tata (“daddy”) +‎ -oy (“male diminutive suffix”). Compare Aymara tata (“father”).
• From Classical Nahuatl tahtli ^[1] or tata
• From Proto-Austronesian *tata.^[2] Compare Raga tata.
• From Hokkien 大代 (tōa-tāi, “elder generation”).^[3] However, Chan-Yap (1980) disagrees as the morphemes were never used in such a combination to mean “father”.^[4]

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtataj/ [ˈt̪aː.t̪aɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ataj
• Syllabification: ta‧tay

tatay (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆᜌ᜔)

1. father (one's male parent)

   Synonyms: ama, amang, itay, 'tay, tatang, tata, papa

• nanay

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