פּאַפּשוי

Yiddish

Etymology

Most likely borrowed from Romanian păpușoi (“(Moldavia) maize, corn”), possibly via an intermediate dialectal Russian папшо́й (papšój).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /papˈʃɔɪ̯/

Noun

פּאַפּשוי • (papshoy) m, plural פּאַפּשויעס (papshoyes)

  1. maize, corn
    Synonym: קוקורוזע (kukuruze)
  2. (countable) ear of corn

Derived terms

References

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “corn”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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