Where does “paai” come from?

paai (Coastal Kadazan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay, from Proto-Austronesian pajay — paddy rice unmilled, rice plants.

paai (Coastal Kadazan): paddy rice unmilled, rice plants

Definitions

  1. paddy rice unmilled, rice plants

Ancestry of “paai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpajaypaddy unmilled rice, rice plant
2Proto-Austronesianpajaypaddy rice unmilled, rice plants
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