different between pappaw vs pawpaw

English

Noun

pappaw (plural pappaws)

1. Alternative form of papaw

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??p??/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?p??p??/

Etymology 1

Via Portuguese and Spanish papaya from Galibi Carib [Term?]; the reason for the change in spelling is unknown.

Via Yuchi pahpah

Alternative forms

• paw-paw

Noun

pawpaw (plural pawpaws)

1. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
   1. Asimina, the pawpaw genus, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, especially common pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
   2. Papaya or pawpaw (Carica papaya), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree
   3. Mountain pawpaw (Vasconcellea pubescens), a fruit tree native to South America
2. The fruit of these trees.

Translations

Further reading

• pawpaw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asimina triloba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 2

Related to papa, or pa(w) pa(w) (one's fathers father).

Alternative forms

• papaw, pappaw

Noun

pawpaw (plural pawpaws)

1. (dialectal or colloquial) Grandfather.

Usage notes

• Often used as a term of address and hence capitalized, as Pawpaw or PawPaw (or in other spellings, e.g. Paw Paw).

Synonyms

• peepaw, pepaw

See also

• mamaw

Tagalog

Adjective

pawpáw

1. level to the brim

Synonyms

• pantay-labi