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Semai
Etymology
From Proto-Semai *paay.
Adjective
paay[1]
- new
Synonyms
References
- ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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Etymology
From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier, from Latin pācāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
paay (simple past paait, past participle ee-pait)
- to pay
1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:A near a haapney to paay a peepeare.- Had ne'er a halfpenny to pay the piper.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 93