pae

See also: Pae, PAE, pa'e, pæ, pä, and -pä

Balantak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.

Noun

pae

  1. 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

  1. straw

Lindu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.

Noun

pae

  1. unhusked rice
  2. year

Portuguese

Noun

pae m (plural paes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of pai

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian pae.

Numeral

pae

  1. 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
Tahitian cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : pae

Etymology

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Numeral

pae

  1. five

Derived terms
  • pae ʻahuru

Descendants
  • → Rapa Nui: pae
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