papafigo
Galician
Etymology
From papar (“to eat”) + figo (“fig”). The name of the sail, already attested in 1433, must derive from the name of the bird.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /papaˈfiɣo̝/
Noun
papafigo m (plural papafigos)
- (ornithology) oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
- Synonyms: vichelocrego, ouriolo
- (nautical) mainsail
- 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53:
- hũu estrenque d'esparto novo et hũu estrenque vello d'esparto, et con seu treu que son tres monetas et hũu papafigo et con todos los outros seus aparellos
- a new rope of esparto, and an old one also of esparto, with its set of sails, composed of three minor sails and a mainsail, with all the additional rigging
- hũu estrenque d'esparto novo et hũu estrenque vello d'esparto, et con seu treu que son tres monetas et hũu papafigo et con todos los outros seus aparellos
- 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53:
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “papafigo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “papafigo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “papafigo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “papafigo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “papa III”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of papa (“to gobble”) + figo (“fig (obsolete)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /papaˈfiɡo/ [pa.paˈfi.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -iɡo
- Syllabification: pa‧pa‧fi‧go
Noun
papafigo m (plural papafigos)
Further reading
- “papafigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024