papagayo

Ido

Noun

papagayo (plural papagayi)

1. parrot

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς (papagâs), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ), of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /papaˈɡaʝo/ [pa.paˈɣ̞a.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /papaˈɡaʝo/ [pa.paˈɣ̞a.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /papaˈɡaʃo/ [pa.paˈɣ̞a.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /papaˈɡaʒo/ [pa.paˈɣ̞a.ʒo]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: pa‧pa‧ga‧yo

Noun

papagayo m (plural papagayos)

1. parrot (Psittaciformes)
2. parrotfish, in Scardidae
3. (Dominican Republic) Hispaniolan trogon (Priotelus roseigaster)
4. peacock fish (Labrus mixtus, syn. Labrus variegatus)
5. any wrasse (Labridae)
6. roosterfish (Nematistius pectoralis)
7. Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)
8. elephant ear (Caladium)

Derived terms

• hablar como un papagayo
• papagayo de noche
• simiente de papagayos

 

Descendants

• → Old French: papegai
  • → Czech: papoušek (details unknown)
  • → Middle Dutch: papegay
    • Dutch: papegaai, papagaai (misspelling), pappegaai, pappegaei, pappegaey, papegaei, papegaey
      • Afrikaans: papegaai
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: papkai
      • → Aukan: papakai
      • → Russian: попуга́й (popugáj)
        • → Ingrian: popugai
        • → Veps: popugai
        • → Yakut: попугай (popugay)
  • → Middle English: popinjay
    • English: popinjay
  • → Finnish: papukaija
  • → Middle High German: papegei
    • German: Papagei
    • → Hungarian: papagáj
  • → Middle Low German: papegoie
    • → Danish: papegøje
    • → Norwegian: papegøye
    • → Swedish: papegoja
  • → Portuguese: papagaio
  • → Northern Kurdish: papaxan

Further reading

• “papagayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papagayo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papaˈɡajo/, [pɐ.pɐˈɣa.jo]
• Rhymes: -ajo
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧ga‧yo

Noun

papagayo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉᜄᜌᜓ)

1. a type of parrot (order Psittaciformes)

   Hypernym: loro

2. a bird-shaped kite
   1. a regular kite

      Synonym: saranggola