pawpaw
See also: paw-paw
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔːpɔː/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːpɑː/
Etymology 1 edit
Via Portuguese and Spanish papaya (which is botanically unrelated) from Kari'na kapaja; the reason for the change in spelling is unknown.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
pawpaw (plural pawpaws)
- Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
- Asimina, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, especially common pawpaw (Asimina triloba).
- Papaya (Carica papaya), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree.
- Mountain pawpaw (Vasconcellea pubescens), a fruit tree native to South America.
- The fruit of these trees.
- Synonyms: bandango, custard apple, hillbilly mango, prairie banana
- [2015, Andrew Moore, Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit, Chelsea Green Publishing, →ISBN, page 1:
- Throughout the years it's gone by a lot of names—frost banana, Indiana banana, fetid-bush, bandango, custard apple, prairie banana, poor man's banana—but most of the time it's just been called pawpaw. At first glance, both the fruit and the tree seem out of place in North America.]
- 2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 254:
- Xavier sliced the pawpaw in half, emptying the tiny black seeds over the veranda wall.
Translations edit
any of several trees
Asimina
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Asimina triloba
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Carica papaya
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Vasconcellea pubescens
fruit
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Further reading edit
- pawpaw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Asimina triloba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Etymology 2 edit
Related to papa, or pa(w) pa(w) (one’s father’s father).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
pawpaw (plural pawpaws)
- (dialectal or colloquial) Grandfather.
Usage notes edit
- Often used as a term of address and hence capitalized, as Pawpaw or PawPaw (or in other spellings, e.g. Paw Paw).
Synonyms edit
See also edit
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pawpáw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜏ᜔ᜉᜏ᜔)
- level to the brim; smooth on top
- Synonym: pantay-labi
Further reading edit
- “pawpaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018