mamão

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧mão

Etymology 1

From mamar +‎ ão.

Adjective

mamão (feminine mamona, masculine plural mamões, feminine plural mamonas)

  1. which breastfeeds a lot and often

Noun

mamão m (plural mamões)

  1. (botany) sprout that steals the juice from the plant
  2. (zoology) animal that still sucks
  3. (zoology) yearling calf or donkey

Etymology 2

From mama +‎ -ão.

Noun

mamão m (plural mamões)

  1. (botany) Carica papaya
    1. papaya
Descendants
  • Hunsrik: Mammong
  • >? Saramaccan: mamáun