pawpaw

Etymology 1
Via and  (which is botanically unrelated) from ; the reason for the change in spelling is unknown.

Via

Noun

 * 1) Any of several types of trees having edible fruit:
 * , a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, especially.
 * 1) Papaya, a widely cultivated tropical fruit tree.
 * 2) Mountain pawpaw, a fruit tree native to South America.
 * 3) The fruit of these trees.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: асимина
 * Macedonian:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: асимина
 * Spanish: chirimoyo de la Florida, banano de montaña


 * Irish: pápá


 * Bulgarian: папая


 * Arabic: ببو فاكهَة
 * Bulgarian: папая
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: asimina
 * German: Papau, Asimina
 * Irish: pápá
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ポーポー
 * Macedonian: папа́ја
 * Maori: papaia, pōpō
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, асимина
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: pawpaw

Etymology 2
Related to papa, or pa(w) pa(w) (one’s father’s father).

Noun

 * 1)  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).

Adjective

 * 1) level to the brim; smooth on top