root word: patay, meaning ‘dead’
kinatay
killed, butchered
killed, butchered
kinatay
slaughtered
Kinatay nila ang kambing.
They killed the goat (to use for food).
Kinatay is also the title of a Filipino movie by Brillante Mendoza. The film won him the Best Direction prize at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, but has received poor reviews from mainstream moviegoers.
