pazay

From Proto-Austronesian *pajay. Cognate with Kapampangan pale (“rice plant”); Ilocano pagay (“rice plant”); Malay padi (“rice plant”); Javanese pari (“rice plant”); Tagalog palay (“rice plant”).

pazay

1. rice plant

   pazay tirosh’en shiboay ka minayti’. ― I split the rice in two to give (some) to my younger brother/sister.

2. cooked rice

• Hui-huan Chang, Li-Ting Chien, D. Victoria Rau, Investigating the Relationship between Saisiyat Word Order and Voice (2012)

From Proto-Austronesian *pajay. Cognate with Kapampangan pale (“rice plant”); Ilocano pagay (“rice plant”); Malay padi (“rice plant”); Javanese pari (“rice plant”); Tagalog palay (“rice plant”).

pazay

1. rice plant

   ya mabulawiza sa pazay klhitiniza, mathuaw manasha sa babu isai ripnu.

   When the rice has become ripe to be harvested, there are many locusts in the fields.
   稻子成熟收割時，田裡有很多稻蝗。

   pindanshir uhu, maqa sa pazay mabulawiza, numa mathuaw manasha rumfaz akmaan sa pazay.

   Go make a bird alarm, since as the rice has become ripe, there are many kinds of birds that will eat the rice.
   你去製作驚鳥器，因為稻子已經成熟，有很多鳥類會來吃稻穀。

   ya apinfafinshiqin a pazay patishqalhiwan numa pisain tahamish puil.

   Please dry in the sun the rice that has been selected for seeds and then store them in the vat.
   把將被當作種子的稻穀曬乾，並且放在甕缸裡貯藏。

   pazay pisain tahamish puil, amaqa antu akitkakulayin dai.

   Rice is placed in vats in order to prevent getting infested.
   稻穀放在甕缸裡保存，這樣才不會被蟲蛀。