different between pawpaw vs papaya

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

English

Etymology

From Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??pa??/, /p??p??j?/
• Rhymes: -a??, -??j?

Noun

papaya (plural papayas)

1. A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit
2. The fruit of this tree.
3. An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.

Synonyms

• pawpaw (Australia), common term for papaya, but strictly speaking this refers to a different tree / fruit

Translations

See also

• papain

Further reading

• papaya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia

Noun

papaya

1. papaya

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia

Noun

papaya

1. papaya

Spanish

Alternative forms

• papayón, papayo

Etymology

From Cariban/Arawak papáia.

Pronunciation

Noun

papaya f (plural papayas)

1. papaya (fruit)

   Synonyms: lechoza, (Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Paraguay) lechosa, mamón

2. (Cuba, slang, euphemistic) vagina

   Cubans typically call actual papaya fruta bomba, and "papaya" is usually used only in its slang sense.

3. (slang) easy

Descendants

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia

Noun

papaya

1. papaya

Turkish

Noun

papaya

1. accusative singular of papa