pazay
Saisiyat edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
pazay
- rice plant
- pazay tirosh’en shiboay ka minayti’. ― I split the rice in two to give (some) to my younger brother/sister.
- cooked rice
References edit
- Hui-huan Chang, Li-Ting Chien, D. Victoria Rau, Investigating the Relationship between Saisiyat Word Order and Voice (2012)
Thao edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
pazay
- 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.