papaya

See also: Papaya

English

Unripe papaya fruits

Etymology

From Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /pəˈpaɪə/, /pəˈpɑːjə/
• Rhymes: -aɪə, -ɑːjə

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.

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Synonyms

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

Translations

tree

• Basque: papaiondo
• Dutch: papajaboom
• French: papayier m
• Hunsrik: Mammongbaam m
• Ido: papayiero (io)
• Indonesian: pepaya (id)
• Macedonian: папа́ја f (papája)
• Portuguese: mamoeiro (pt) m
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• Russian: папа́йя (ru) f (papájja)
• Spanish: papayo (es) m
• Swahili: mpapai (sw) class 3/4
• Telugu: బొప్పాయిచెట్టు (te) (boppāyiceṭṭu)
• Turkish: papaya (tr)
• Vietnamese: cây đu đủ
• Welsh: papaia m

fruit

• Albanian: papaja f
• Arabic: بَابَايَا f (bābāyā)
• Armenian: պապայա (hy) (papaya)
• Assamese: অমিতা (omita)
• Bambara: manje
• Basque: papaia (eu)
• Belarusian: папа́я f (papája)
• Bengali: পেঁপে (bn) (pẽpe)
• Bulgarian: папа́я f (papája)
• Burmese: သင်္ဘောသီး (sangbhau:si:)
• Catalan: papaia f
• Central Melanau: kepayaih
• Chamicuro: ajpaya
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 木瓜 (muk⁶ gwaa¹)

  Hakka: 木瓜 (muk-kôa)

  Mandarin: 木瓜 (zh) (mùguā)

  Min Nan: 木瓜 (zh-min-nan) (bo̍k-kue), 萬壽匏／万寿匏, 万寿匏 (bān-siū-pû), 番匏 (hoan-pû), 奶匏 (ni-pû, leng-pû)

• Czech: papája f
• Danish: papaja (da) c
• Dhivehi: ފަޅޯ (faḷō)
• Dupaningan Agta: kapaya
• Dutch: papaja (nl)
• Esperanto: papajo
• Estonian: papaia
• Ewe: aɖiba
• Fijian: weleti (fj)
• Finnish: papaija (fi)
• French: papaye (fr) f
• Galician: mamá f
• Georgian: ნესვის ხე (nesvis xe)
• German: Papaya (de) f
• Greek: παπάγια (el) f (papágia)
• Gujarati: પપૈયાં (papaiyā̃)
• Hausa: gwanda
• Hawaiian: mīkana, milikana, hēʻī
• Hebrew: פָּפָּיָה (he) (papaia)
• Hindi: पपीता (hi) (papītā)
• Hunsrik: Mammong m
• Ido: papayo (io)
• Indonesian: pepaya (id), betik (id)
• Italian: papaia f
• Jamaican Creole: papaw
• Japanese: パパイヤ (ja) (papaiya)
• Javanese: kates (jv), ꦏꦠꦺꦱ꧀ (katés)
• Kannada: ಪರಂಗಿ ಹಣ್ಣು (kn) (paraṅgi haṇṇu)
• Khmer: ផ្លែល្ហុង (phlae lhong), ល្ហុង (km) (lhong)
• Korean: 파파야 (ko) (papaya)
• Lao: ໝາກຫຸ່ງ (māk hung)
• Latvian: papaija f
• Lingala: payipáyi, paipái
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• Lithuanian: papaja f
• Luganda: eppaapaali
• Macedonian: папа́ја f (papája)
• Malagasy: voapaza (mg), papay (mg)
• Malay: betik, pepaya
• Malayalam: പപ്പായ (ml) (pappāya)
• Maori: pōpō, papaia
• Marathi: पपाया m (papāyā)
• Minangkabau: kaliki
• Mongolian: папайя (papajja)
• Nahuatl: ochonetli (nah)
• Navajo: hashkʼaan dootłʼizhí
• Nepali: मेवा (ne) (mewā)
• Ngazidja Comorian: pwapwai
• Norwegian: papaya
• Persian: پاپایه (fa) (pâpâye)
• Polish: papaja (pl) f
• Portuguese: (Brazil) mamão (pt), papaia (pt)
• Punjabi: ਪਪੀਤਾ (pa) (papītā)
• Rarotongan: ngingitā
• Romanian: papaia (ro) f
• Russian: папа́йя (ru) f (papájja)
• Samoan: ʻesi
• Sinhalese: පැපොල් (pæpol) ගස්ලබු (si) (gaslabu) (literally "tree melon")
• Slovak: papája f
• Slovene: papaja f
• Spanish: papaya (es) f, fruta bomba f (Cuban standard usage - Eastern Cuba: papaya), lechosa (es) f (Dominican Republic, Eastern Central Colombia and Llanos, Venezuela - Colombia standard usage: papaya), mamón (es) m (Argentina, Paraguay)
• Sundanese: ᮌᮨᮓᮀ (gedang)
• Swahili: papai (sw), papayu
• Swedish: papaya (sv) c
• Sylheti: ꠇꠚꠟ (xofól)
• Tagal Murut: tapayas
• Tagalog: papaya (tl)
• Tahitian: ʻiʻitā
• Tamil: பப்பாளி (ta) (pappāḷi)
• Telugu: బొప్పాయి పండు (te) (boppāyi paṇḍu)
• Thai: มะละกอ (th) (má-lá-gɔɔ)
• Tibetan: སེ་ཡབ (se yab)
• Tongan: lesi
• Turkish: papaya (tr)
• Ukrainian: папа́йя f (papájja)
• Urdu: پپیتا (papītā)
• Uyghur: كۇلى بېھىسى (kuli bëhisi)
• Vietnamese: đu đủ
• Welsh: papaia m
• West Coast Bajau: kepayas
• Western Panjabi: پپیتا
• Wolof: pàppaaya

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Efik: ^{(please verify)} pawpaw
• Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (pappayu)
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• Ibibio: ^{(please verify)} pawpaw

See also

• papain

Further reading

• papaya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia

Noun

papaya

1. papaya

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Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia

Noun

papaya

1. papaya

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• papayón, papayo

Etymology

From Lokono papáia.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /paˈpaʝa/ [paˈpa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈpaʝa/ [paˈpa.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈpaʃa/ [paˈpa.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈpaʒa/ [paˈpa.ʒa]

Noun

papaya f (plural papayas)

1. papaya (fruit)
2. (Cuba, slang) vagina
3. (slang) easy

Synonyms

• (fruit): lechoza, lechosa (Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic); mamón (Argentina, Paraguay)

Descendants

Descendants

• → Chavacano: papaya
• → English: papaya
• → English: pawpaw
• → Karao: papaya
• → Macedonian: папаја (papaja)
• → Russian: папайя (papajja)
• → Swahili: papai
• → Tagalog: papaya
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: papöya

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia

Noun

papaya

1. papaya

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Turkish

Noun

papaya

1. accusative singular of papa