pepaya
Indonesian
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Unripe papaya fruits
Etymology
From Dutch papaja, originally from Arawak papáia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pəˈpaja]
- Hyphenation: pê‧pa‧ya
Noun
pepaya (plural pepaya-pepaya, first-person possessive pepayaku, second-person possessive pepayamu, third-person possessive pepayanya)
- papaya, pawpaw
Further reading
- “pepaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.