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Cebuano
Pronunciation
Noun
paypay
Verb
paypay
- to fan
- to hang out to dry
- Synonym: hayhay
Chavacano
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
paypáy
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
Noun
paypáy
- a ritual right before a burial to have space from the spirits that reside on the burial site
- a ritual to return a wandering soul from abroad into the body of a sick person
- a practice that farmer parents do to speak to their infant's soul to not get left behind on the field
- a practice that insulted girls do wherein a prayer/curse is put on a stone or chicken
Derived terms
References
- Caridad B. Fiar-od (17 April 2021), “Benguet: The Peg-as and Paypay rituals”, in Igorot Cordillera BIMAAK-Europe, archived from the original on 10 May 2021
- Morice Vanoverbergh (1972), “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos, volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 115
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Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *paypáy (“to wave the hand, as in beckoning someone or in fanning oneself”). Onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Kapampangan pepe.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pajˈpaj/ [paɪ̯ˈpaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: pay‧pay
Noun
paypáy (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜌ᜔ᜉᜌ᜔)
- act of fanning
- Synonym: pagpaypay
- a hand fan
- a flap of air
- Synonym: ihip
- shoulder blade
- Synonyms: payumpong, balagat, eskapula, bleyd
- (colloquial) shoulder
- Synonym: balikat
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Spanish: paipay
- → Catalan: pai-pai
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