papafigo

Galician

Ouriolo or papafigo

Etymology

From papar (“to eat”) +‎ figo (“fig”). The name of the sail, already attested in 1433, must derive from the name of the bird.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papaˈfiɣo̝/

Noun

papafigo m (plural papafigos)

1. (ornithology) oriole
2. (nautical) mainsail
   • 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53:

     hũu estrenque d'esparto novo et hũu estrenque vello d'esparto, et con seu treu que son tres monetas et hũu papafigo et con todos los outros seus aparellos

     a new rope of esparto, and an old one also of esparto, with its set of sails, composed of three minor sails and a mainsail, with all the additional rigging

Synonyms

• (bird): vichelocrego

References

• “papafigo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “papafigo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “papafigo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “papafigo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of papa (“to gobble”) +‎ figo (“fig (obsolete)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papaˈfiɡo/ [pa.paˈfi.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Syllabification: pa‧pa‧fi‧go

Noun

papafigo m (plural papafigos)

1. ortolan

   Synonym: hortelano

Further reading

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