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Balantak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.
Noun
pae
- rice (general term)
Usage notes
Unlike most other East and Southeast Asian languages, Balantak does not distinguish between paddy, husked raw rice grains, and cooked rice.
References
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin palea. Compare Venetian paja, Italian paglia, Istriot paja, Romanian paie, French paille, Catalan palla, Spanish paja.
Noun
pae f
- straw
Lindu
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.
Noun
pae
- unhusked rice
- year
Portuguese
Noun
pae m (plural paes)
- Obsolete spelling of pai
Rapa Nui
Etymology
Borrowed from Tahitian pae.
Numeral
pae
- five
Usage notes
- Pae is used in compound numerals only:
- Pae 'ahuru. ― Fifty (literally, “Five tens.”)
- Pae 'ahuru mā pae. ― Fifty-five (literally, “Five tens and five.”)
- For the simple number "five", the native term rima is used.
References
- Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 170
- Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147
Tahitian
Etymology
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Numeral
pae
- five
Derived terms
Descendants