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Where does “papai” come from?
papai (Swahili) comes from Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia — papaya.
papai
(Swahili): papaya
Definitions
papaya
Ancestry of “papai”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Spanish
papaya
papaya; vagina; easy
2
Arawak
papáia
papaya
Words derived from “papai”
mpapai
eppaapaali
Every word from Arawak papáia →
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