payana

Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua pállay (“collect, collect from the ground”).

Noun

payana f (plural payanas)

(Argentina, Uruguay) jacks (children's game)
Synonym: matatenas
(Nicaragua) broken rice

Further reading

“payana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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