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

Noun

paláy

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)

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

• Maman Sumantri, et al. (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 ꦥꦫꦶ (pari), Tetum hare.

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

See also

• bigas
• kanin

Further reading

• “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

Anagrams

• alpay, palya, aplay, lapya, lapay