papegai

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Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Spanish papagayo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγάλος (papagálos), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ), of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun[edit]

papegai oblique singular, m (oblique plural papegais, nominative singular papegais, nominative plural papegai)

parrot

Descendants[edit]

→ Czech: papoušek (details unknown)
→ Middle Dutch: papegay
- Dutch: papegaai, papagaai (misspelling), pappegaai, pappegaei, pappegaey, papegaei, papegaey
  - Afrikaans: papegaai
  - Berbice Creole Dutch: papkai
  - → Aukan: papakai
  - → Russian: попуга́й (popugáj)
    - → Ingrian: popugai
    - → Veps: popugai
    - → Yakut: попугай (popugay)
→ Middle English: popinjay
- English: popinjay
→ Finnish: papukaija
→ Middle High German: papegei
- German: Papagei
- → Hungarian: papagáj
→ Middle Low German: papegoie
- → Danish: papegøje
- → Norwegian: papegøye
- → Swedish: papegoja
→ Portuguese: papagaio
→ Northern Kurdish: papaxan

References[edit]

papejei on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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