palay

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English

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Etymology

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From Tagalog palay. Doublet of paddy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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palay (countable and uncountable, plural palays)

  1. (Philippines) paddy
    • 2021, “Archived copy”, in CNN Philippines[1], archived from the original on 28 September 2021:
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is targeting an additional 1.1 million metric tons of palay production amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chavacano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog palay.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈlai/, [paˈlai̯]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧lay

Noun

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paláy

  1. rice plant

Ivatan

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Noun

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palay

  1. rice plant

Maguindanao

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay. Cognate with Kapampangan pale (palay); Ilocano pagay (palay); Malay padi (palay); Javanese pari (palay).

Noun

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palay

  1. rice (with husk)

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay. Cognate with Kapampangan pale, Ilocano pagay, Malay padi, Javanese ꦥꦫꦶ (pari), Tetum hare.

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Noun

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palay (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. rice plant

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • palay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pajay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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