פּאַפּשוי

Yiddish

Etymology

Most likely borrowed from Romanian păpușoi (“(Moldavia) maize, corn”), possibly via an intermediate dialectal Russian папшо́й (papšój).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papˈʃɔɪ̯/

Noun

פּאַפּשוי • (papshoy) m, plural פּאַפּשויעס (papshoyes)

1. maize, corn

   Synonym: קוקורוזע (kukuruze)

2. (countable) ear of corn

Derived terms

• פּאַפּשוי־שנייעלעך (papshoy-shneyelekh)
• פּאַפּשויברויט (papshoybroyt)
• פּאַפּשויעלעך (papshoyelekh)
• פּאַפּשוימעל (papshoymel)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “פּאַפּשוי”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press