pepaya

Indonesian

Unripe papaya fruits

Etymology

From Dutch papaja, originally from Lokono papáia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəˈpaja]

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• Hyphenation: pê‧pa‧ya

Noun

pepaya (plural pepaya-pepaya, first-person possessive pepayaku, second-person possessive pepayamu, third-person possessive pepayanya)

1. papaya, pawpaw

Further reading

• “pepaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.