pazay

pazay

Saisiyat

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pajay. Cognate with Kapampangan pale (“rice plant”); Ilocano pagay (“rice plant”); Malay padi (“rice plant”); Javanese pari (“rice plant”); Tagalog palay (“rice plant”).

Noun

pazay

1. rice plant
2. cooked rice

References

• Hui-huan Chang, Li-Ting Chien, D. Victoria Rau, Investigating the Relationship between Saisiyat Word Order and Voice (2012)

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Thao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pajay. Cognate with Kapampangan pale (“rice plant”); Ilocano pagay (“rice plant”); Malay padi (“rice plant”); Javanese pari (“rice plant”); Tagalog palay (“rice plant”).

Noun

pazay

1. rice plant