pazay

Saisiyat

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pajay. Cognate with Kapampangan pale (“rice plant”); Ilocano pagay (“rice plant”); Malay padi (“rice plant”); Javanese pari (“rice plant”); Tagalog palay (“rice plant”).

Noun

pazay

1. rice plant

   pazay tirosh’en shiboay ka minayti’. ― I split the rice in two to give (some) to my younger brother/sister.

2. cooked rice

References

• Hui-huan Chang, Li-Ting Chien, D. Victoria Rau, Investigating the Relationship between Saisiyat Word Order and Voice (2012)

Thao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pajay. Cognate with Kapampangan pale (“rice plant”); Ilocano pagay (“rice plant”); Malay padi (“rice plant”); Javanese pari (“rice plant”); Tagalog palay (“rice plant”).

Noun

pazay

1. rice plant

   ya mabulawiza sa pazay klhitiniza, mathuaw manasha sa babu isai ripnu.

   When the rice has become ripe to be harvested, there are many locusts in the fields.

   pindanshir uhu, maqa sa pazay mabulawiza, numa mathuaw manasha rumfaz akmaan sa pazay.

   Go make a bird alarm, since as the rice has become ripe, there are many kinds of birds that will eat the rice.

   ya apinfafinshiqin a pazay patishqalhiwan numa pisain tahamish puil.

   Please dry in the sun the rice that has been selected for seeds and then store them in the vat.

   pazay pisain tahamish puil, amaqa antu akitkakulayin dai.

   Rice is placed in vats in order to prevent getting infested.