Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/pajay

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pajay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɡʲaj/

Noun

*pajay

1. paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine: *pájay
  • Northern Luzon
    • Ilocano: pagay
    • Pangasinan: pagey
  • Central Luzon
    • Kapampangan: pale
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Bisayan:
        • Western Bisayan
          • Cuyunon: paray
      • Tagalog: palay
        • → Chavacano: palay
        • → English: palay
    • Danao
      • Maguindanao: palay
• Barito:
  • Southwest Barito:
    • Ngaju: parei
  • East Barito:
    • Malagasy: fary (“sugar cane”), vary (“paddy”)
• Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands
  • Karo Batak: page
  • Nias: fakhe
• Proto-Malayic: *padi (see there for further descendants)
• Old Javanese: pari
  • Javanese: ꦥꦫꦶ (pari)
• South Sulawesi:
  • Toraja-Sa'dan: pare
  • Buginese: ase
    • → Makasar: ase
  • Coastal Konjo: pare
• Celebic
  • Kaili-Pamona
    • Lindu: pae
  • Saluan-Banggai
    • Balantak: pae
• Chamorro: fa'i
• Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Tetum: hare