paryo
Semantic note
Paryo does not always mean complete identity. The compared entities may be equal or alike only in the particular respect under discussion.
Spatial sense
Level, even, or lying upon the same plane:
neither side is higher, lower, greater, or more advanced than the other according to the relevant standard.
Social extension
Equal in standing, treatment, entitlement, opportunity, or recognized worth.
Etymological note
The form strongly suggests historical association with Spanish parejo “even; level; matched; forming a pair,” probably transmitted through Philippine colonial-language contact. This should presently be marked probable, not definitive, until older Boie’nen attestations are located.
Compare
- angay — fitting or appropriate, not necessarily equal.
- tukma — precisely matching or corresponding.
- paryo — equal, alike, or at the same level.
- towaw — unevenly weighted or tilted toward one side.
Semantic-domain Note
Order, balance, measure, and justice
| Boie’nen | Concrete schema | Abstract implication |
| rigay | leaning from the upright | bias; departure from right order |
| towaw | tilting under unequal loading | one-sidedness; disproportion |
| olay | actively counterbalancing loads | equity; compensatory balance |
| karis | removing excess to a fixed measure | fair and standardized measurement |
| paryo | equal or level | equality and parity |
| angay | appropriate or fitting | proportionality; what is due |
| osay | restoring proper order | rectification |
| taxaytay | orderly alignment | systemic order |
| e-tay | tension maintained between supports | equilibrium within opposing forces |