papaw
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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/, [ˈpa.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
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- 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