Description:

The term 'pejy' was borrowed from the English word 'pay' sometime during the early period. Old Common had no word for this, using an expression like 'give money' instead. Pejy became a key word in the firld of employement.

Verb:

As a verb, 'pejy' is a ditransitive happat verb taking an ergative payer, an absolutive thing given in payment, and a dative payee. It can take an optional non-core argument introduced by the preposition 'u' which is the thing paid for. English speakers sometimes confuse this with the recipient, because 'u' means approximately 'to', so be careful about this because it can lead to confusion and embarrassment (paying for somebody as opposed to paying somebody can sound like prostitution).

For payment when there is no imlpied recipient, the disintentive skurun form can be used. This is often used in idioms. For example:

A'n ti pejy u naz stif a ysáz.
He will pay in blood for his insults.

Noun:

As a noun, 'pejy' refers to a payment. The derived thematic nouns are also highly used. Pejyca is an employer, pejykija is an employee (one who received wages) and pejaka is a wage or pay for work.

Modifier:

The modifier forms pejys and pejykas both mean lucrative or well-paying, the latter more likely to be used in the context of talking about a job.