Where does “pagey” come from?

pagey (Pangasinan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay, from Proto-Austronesian pajay — paddy rice unmilled, rice plants.

pagey (Pangasinan): rice plant; unhusked rice

Definitions

  1. rice plant; unhusked rice

Ancestry of “pagey”, step by step

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