paay

See also: páay

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Semai *paay.

Adjective

paay[1]

  1. new

Synonyms
  • baruuq

References
  1. Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier, from Latin pācāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /piː/

Verb

paay (simple past paait, past participle ee-pait)

  1. 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
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