avokad

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch avocado, from American Spanish avocado, altered —by folk-etymological association with abogado (“lawyer”)— from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [avokat̚]
  • (common) IPA(key): [afokat̚]
  • Hyphenation: avo‧kad

Noun

avokad

  1. synonym of alpukat (“avocado”)
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