papagayo

papagayo (plural papagayi)

1. parrot

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς (papagâs), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ), of onomatopoeic origin.

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• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: pa‧pa‧ga‧yo

papagayo m (plural papagayos)

1. parrot (Psittaciformes)
2. parrotfish, in Scardidae
3. (Dominican Republic) Hispaniolan trogon (Priotelus roseigaster)^[1]
4. peacock fish (Labrus mixtus, syn. Labrus variegatus)
5. any wrasse (Labridae)
6. roosterfish (Nematistius pectoralis)
7. Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)
8. elephant ear (Caladium)

• → Old French: papegai
  • → Czech: papoušek (details unknown)
  • → Middle Dutch: papegay
    • Dutch: papegaai, papagaai (misspelling), pappegaai, pappegaei, pappegaey, papegaei, papegaey (obsolete)
      • Afrikaans: papegaai
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: papkai
      • → Aukan: papakai
      • → Russian: попуга́й (popugáj)
        • → Ingrian: popugai
        • → Veps: popugai
        • → Yakut: попугай (popugay)
  • → Middle English: popinjay
    • English: popinjay
  • → Finnish: papukaija
  • → Middle High German: papegei
    • German: Papagei
    • → Hungarian: papagáj
  • → Middle Low German: papegoie
    • → Danish: papegøje
    • → Norwegian: papegøye
    • → Swedish: papegoja
  • → Portuguese: papagaio
  • → Northern Kurdish: papaxan

• “papagayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Borrowed from Spanish papagayo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /papaˈɡajo/ [pɐ.pɐˈɣaː.jo]
• Rhymes: -ajo
• Syllabification: pa‧pa‧ga‧yo

papagayo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉᜄᜌᜓ)

1. a type of parrot (order Psittaciformes)

   Hypernym: loro

2. a bird-shaped kite
   1. a regular kite

      Synonym: saranggola