Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tree, Wrightia tinctoria: its leaves afford the pala-indigo, an article inferior to the genuine indigo. See
ivory-tree . Alsopala . - noun A high-climbing plant, Cryptostegia grandiflora, of the Asclepiadaceæ, cultivated in India and elsewhere. Its fiber is fine, strong, and fiax-like, and its milky juice contains a caoutchouc.
- noun In the Philippine Islands, rice in the husk.
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Examples
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Cha-kon 'is the season of rice or "palay" growth and harvest, and Ka-sip' is the remainder of the year.
The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911
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"palay" crop in May; in 1903 this was until May 2.
The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911
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It is used for corn in the dry months and for palay (paddy rice) during the rainy season.
Mindanao's Forgotten Refugees IWPR 2009
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Unless the government is serious in encouraging the poor farmers to boost rice production through the increased buying price of palay by the National Food Authority, vast tracts of farmlands will remain idle for months.
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Because even if the government has increased the buying price of palay to P17 per kilo, the poor farmers will remain adamant to cultivate their fields due to high cost of inputs and probably, the lack of irrigation system in their areas.
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When they took a Mountain Aborigine head, eighteen liters of palay were distributed to each household among the four Plains Aborigine villages of Puli, as a gratuity.
Archive 2008-11-01 Michael Turton 2008
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Kalinga kaingineros always group themselves and decide when to clean the uma up to the harvesting of palay.
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PATCH CULTIVATION AND SWIDDEN FARMING PRACTICES 2007
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Extra palay stored for future means a lot to the Kalinga in times of scarcity and is a status symbol besides being used as barter item for other necessities and valuable materials (Sugguiyao).
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PATCH CULTIVATION AND SWIDDEN FARMING PRACTICES 2007
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The flat areas of the barangay are developed for palay and corn production Aside from palay and corn, families maintain coffee and fruit plantations.
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PATCH CULTIVATION AND SWIDDEN FARMING PRACTICES 2007
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Piles of palay are transported from the uma to their respective houses.
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PATCH CULTIVATION AND SWIDDEN FARMING PRACTICES 2007
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