Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/pajay

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pajay.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paɡʲaj/

Noun

*pajay

paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

Descendants

Proto-Philippine: *pájay
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: pagay
  - Pangasinan: pagey
- Central Luzon
  - Kapampangan: pale
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Bisayan:
      - Western Bisayan
        Cuyunon: paray
    - Tagalog: palay
      - → Chavacano: palay
      - → English: palay
  - Danao
    - Maguindanao: palay
  - Gorontalo-Mongondow
    - Gorontalo: pale
    - Mongondow: payoy
    - Ponosakan: payoy
Barito:
- Southwest Barito:
  - Ngaju: parei
- East Barito:
  - Malagasy: fary (“sugar cane”), vary (“paddy”)
Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands
- Karo Batak: page
- Nias: fakhe
Proto-Malayic: *padi (see there for further descendants)
Old Javanese: pari
- Javanese: ꦥꦫꦶ (pari)
South Sulawesi:
- Toraja-Sa'dan: pare
- Buginese: ase
  - → Makasar: ase
- Coastal Konjo: pare
Celebic
- Kaili-Pamona
  - Lindu: pae
- Saluan-Banggai
  - Balantak: pae
Chamorro: fa'i
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Tetum: hare