pajais

Romansch

Alternative forms

• pajis (Sutsilvan)
• paeis (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pagenses, from Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”), from Latin pāgus (“village; district”).

Noun

pajais m (plural pajais)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) country, land

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter) terra
• (Sursilvan) tiara
• (Puter) terrain