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Yiddish
Etymology
Most likely borrowed from Romanian păpușoi (“(Moldavia) maize, corn”), possibly via an intermediate dialectal Russian папшо́й (papšój).
Pronunciation
Noun
פּאַפּשוי • (papshoy) m, plural פּאַפּשויעס (papshoyes)
- maize, corn
- Synonym: קוקורוזע (kukuruze)
- (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