parai

parai (plural parais)

1. A type of percussion instrument used in the parai attam dance associated with Tamil culture.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay (“rice plant”).

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parai

1. (Kadazandusun) rice (plant)

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁɛ/
• Homophones: paré, parée, parées, parer, parés, parez

parai

1. first-person singular past historic of parer

• paria, râpai

parai

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of parar

• IPA^(key): /pa.rai/
• Hyphenation: pa‧rai
• Rhymes: -rai

parai

1. dead

• Richards, Anthony. An Iban-English Dictionary, Volume 1 Clarendon Press. 1981.
• Scott, N. C. (1956) A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎^[1], School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay (“rice plant”).

parai

1. rice (plant)

parai

1. first-person singular past historic of parare

• apira, arpia, paria, rapai

parai

1. to fry

parai

1. second-person plural imperative of parar

From para.

parai m pl (plural only)

1. (slang) US dollar

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay (“rice plant”).

parai

1. rice (plant)

Compare Italian parare.

parai

1. to protect

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay (“rice plant”).

parai

1. rice (plant)

From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *paray, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay (“rice plant”).

parai

1. rice (plant)