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Limburgish
Etymology
From Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγάς (papagás), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ). Further origin unknown, perhaps from an African language or imitative.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpa.pəˈɣai̯/
- Hyphenation: Pap‧pe‧gaï
- Rhymes: -ai̯
Noun
Pappegaï f (plural Pappegaïje)
- (Eupen) parrot, member of the order Psittaciformes, especially of the families Psittacidae and Psittaculidae
- (Eupen, figurative) A person who parrots other people.