Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/pajay

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paɡʲaj/

Noun

*pajay

paddy (rice unmilled), rice (plants)

Descendants

Formosan:
- Northern Formosan:
  - Thao: pazay
  - Atayalic:
    - Atayal: pagay
- Northwest Formosan:
  - Kulon-Pazeh: pazay
  - Saisiyat: pazay
- Tsouic:
  - Tsou: pai
  - Saaroa: paipai (“sticky rice cake”)
- Bunun: pað
- Paiwan: paday
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *pajay
- 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

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pajay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI