פּאַפּשוי
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Most likely borrowed from Romanian păpușoi (“(Moldavia) maize, corn”), possibly via an intermediate dialectal Russian папшо́й (papšój).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
פּאַפּשוי • (papshoy) m, plural פּאַפּשויעס (papshoyes)
Derived terms[edit]
- פּאַפּשוי־שנייעלעך (papshoy-shneyelekh)
- פּאַפּשויברויט (papshoybroyt)
- פּאַפּשויעלעך (papshoyelekh)
- פּאַפּשוימעל (papshoymel)
References[edit]
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “פּאַפּשוי”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press