papaw
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From papaya.
Noun
[edit]papaw (plural papaws)
- A tree, Carica papaya, of tropical America, belonging to the order Brassicales, and producing dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit.
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Related to papa, or pa pa (one's fathers father).
Noun
[edit]papaw (plural papaws)
- (US, dialect, Southern US) Alternative form of pawpaw, a grandfather, especially one's paternal grandfather.
- (US, dialect, Southern US, less commonly) A father.
Synonyms
[edit]- see pawpaw
See also
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpapaw/ [ˈpaː.paʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -apaw
- Syllabification: pa‧paw
Noun
[edit]papaw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉᜏ᜔)
- Philippine mallard (Anas luzonica)
- Synonym: papan
Further reading
[edit]- “papaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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- English countable nouns
- American English
- English dialectal terms
- Southern US English
- en:Male family members
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/apaw
- Rhymes:Tagalog/apaw/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Dabbling ducks