payana

Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua pállay (“collect, collect from the ground”).

Noun

payana f (plural payanas)

1. (Argentina, Uruguay) jacks (children's game)

   Synonym: matatenas

2. (Nicaragua) broken rice

Further reading

• “payana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10