payana
Spanish
Etymology
From Quechua pállay (“collect, collect from the ground”).
Noun
payana f (plural payanas)
- (Argentina, Uruguay) jacks (children's game)
- Synonym: matatenas
- (Nicaragua) broken rice
Further reading
- “payana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014