lagadishi

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese lagartixa, Spanish lagartija, and Kabuverdianu lagartixa, or Dutch hagedisje.

Noun

lagadishi

1. lizard

References

Jacobs, Bart (January 2013), “Reassessment of the Portuguese contribution to the Papiamentu lexicon”, in Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, volume 28, number 1, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 163 of 154–165