payen

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Ibatan payen.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pa‧yen

Noun

payen

  1. Ardisia confertiflora; a tree or shrub endemic to Mindoro, the Babuyan islands and Batanes in the Philippines

References

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French paiier, from Latin pācāre, present active infinitive of pācō.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛi̯ən/, /pɛi̯n/

Verb

payen

  1. to pay
Conjugation
Conjugation of payen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) payen, paye
present tense past tense
1st-person singular paye payed
2nd-person singular payest payedest
3rd-person singular payeth payed
subjunctive singular paye
imperative singular —
plural1 payen, paye payeden, payede
imperative plural payeth, paye —
participles payynge, payende payed, ypayed

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
  • English: pay
  • Yola: paay
References

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman paien, paen, from Latin pāgānus.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛi̯ən/, /ˈpaːən/, /pɛi̯n/

Noun

payen (plural payens)

  1. pagan (believer in paganism)
Descendants
  • English: payen (obsolete)
References

Adjective

payen (plural and weak singular payene)

  1. pagan
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 2370:
      [...] With alle the rytes of his payen wyse.
      With all the rites of his pagan manner (of worship).
Descendants
  • English: payen (obsolete)
References
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