Tagalog

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Etymology

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From panatili +‎ -hin.

Verb

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panatilihin (complete pinanatili, progressive pinapanatili, contemplative papanatilihin, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜆᜒᜎᜒᜑᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. to be kept in a certain state
    Panatilihin nating malinis ang Maynila.
    Let us keep Manila clean.
    (literally, “Have Manila be kept clean by us.”)

Inflection

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