palay

See also: Palay

English

Etymology

From Tagalog palay. Doublet of paddy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæleɪ/

Noun

palay (countable and uncountable, plural palays)

1. (Philippines) paddy
   • 2021, “Archived copy”, in CNN Philippines‎^[2], 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog palay.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paˈlaj/ [pa.ˈlaj] (Cotabateño, Zamboangueño)

(Caviteño, Ternateño)

• Hyphenation: pa‧lay

Noun

palay

1. rice plant

Ivatan

Noun

palay

1. rice plant

Maguindanao

Etymology

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

Noun

palay

1. rice (with husk)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog palay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlai/ [paˈlai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: pa‧lay

Noun

palay m (plural palayes)

1. (Philippines, agriculture) husked rice

Derived terms

• palayal
• palayera
• palayero

See also

• arroz

Further reading

• “palay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Abella, Venancio María de (1874), Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños., 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Philippine Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 119

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	{{{le}}}
lemes ka sorangan	hoyong
lemes ka batur	palay
loma	hayang
cohag	{{{co}}}

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaʀ through metathesis. Cognate with Lampung Api palai (“tired”)

Verb

palay (Sundanese script ᮕᮜᮚ᮪)

1. to want

Adjective

palay (Sundanese script ᮕᮜᮚ᮪)

1. tired (in need of rest or sleep)

Further reading

• "palay" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay. Cognate with Kapampangan pale, Ilocano pagay, Malay padi, Javanese pari, Tausug pāy, Tetum hare, and Central Dusun parai.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpalaj/ [ˈpaː.laɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -alaj
• Syllabification: pa‧lay

Noun

palay (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜌ᜔)

1. rice plant

Derived terms

• dahong-palay
• palayan

Descendants

• → Chavacano: palay
• → Spanish: palay

See also

• bigas
• kanin

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• alpay, palya, aplay, lapya, lapay