pejibaye

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pejibaye.

Noun

pejibaye (plural pejibayes)

  1. The edible fruit of the tropical peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), a single-seeded drupe; a peewah.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /pexiˈbaʝe/ [pe.xiˈβ̞a.ʝe] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /pexiˈbaʃe/ [pe.xiˈβ̞a.ʃe] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /pexiˈbaʒe/ [pe.xiˈβ̞a.ʒe] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aʝe
  • Syllabification: pe‧ji‧ba‧ye

Noun

pejibaye m (plural pejibayes)

  1. peewah, pejibaye.

Further reading

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