pawpaw

See also: paw-paw

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːpɔː/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːpɑː/

Etymology 1

Via Portuguese and Spanish papaya from Galibi Carib kapaja; the reason for the change in spelling is unknown.

Via Yuchi pahpah

Alternative forms

• paw-paw

Noun

pawpaw (plural pawpaws)

1. Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
   1. Asimina, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, especially common pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
   2. Papaya (Carica papaya), a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree
   3. Mountain pawpaw (Vasconcellea pubescens), a fruit tree native to South America
2. The fruit of these trees.

Translations

Any of several trees

• Bulgarian: асимина f (asimina)
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} папа́ја f (papája)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} papayo (es) m

Asimina

• Bulgarian: асимина f (asimina)
• Spanish: chirimoyo de la Florida m, banano de montaña m

Asimina triloba

Carica papaya

• Bulgarian: папая f (papaja)

Vasconcellea pubescens

fruit

• Arabic: ببو فاكهَة‎
• Bulgarian: папая f (papaja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泡泡 (zh) (pàopào)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: papaija (fi)
• French: asimina f
• German: Papau, Asimina
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: ポーポー (pōpō)
• Macedonian: папа́ја f (papája)
• Maori: papaia, pōpō
• Portuguese: mamão (pt) m
• Russian: азимина (ru) f (azimina), асимина f (asimina)
• Spanish: papaya (es) f
• Swahili: papai (sw)
• Swedish: pawpaw c

Further reading

• pawpaw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asimina triloba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 2

Related to papa, or pa(w) pa(w) (one’s father’s father).

Alternative forms

• papaw, pappaw

Noun

pawpaw (plural pawpaws)

1. (dialectal or colloquial) Grandfather.

Usage notes

• Often used as a term of address and hence capitalized, as Pawpaw or PawPaw (or in other spellings, e.g. Paw Paw).

Synonyms

• peepaw, pepaw

See also

• mamaw

Tagalog

Adjective

pawpáw

1. level to the brim

Synonyms

• pantay-labi