paio
See also: Paio
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish payo (“non-Romani”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paio m (plural paios, feminine paia)
- (colloquial) dude, man
- Synonym: soci
- (colloquial) gadjo (non-Romani)
Further reading edit
- “paio” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “paio” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from Old Galician-Portuguese Paio, a personal name, from Late Latin Pelagius.[1] Cognate with Portuguese paio, palaio.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paio m (plural paios)
Adjective edit
paio (feminine paia, masculine plural paios, feminine plural paias)
References edit
- “paio” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “paio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “paio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “paio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “payo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Hawaiian edit
Verb edit
paio
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paio
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Back-formation as a masculine noun from the plural paia, from Latin paria (“even, equal”, neuter plural of pār).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paio m (plural paia f)
- pair
- Synonym: coppia
- il secondo paio di nervi cranici ― the second pair of cranial nerves
- tre paia di calzini ― three pairs of socks
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- pari (see there for its descendants)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
paio
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paio m (plural paios)