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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “payana”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010