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payo

payas

masc nom sg of payas (noun); masc acc sg of payas (noun)

1. milk; lit. drink
2. water; lit. drink
3. bovine colostrum; early milk; lit. drink

Etymology. √pā + [y] + as; from √pā 'drink'; Sanskrit payas [pā]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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