papu

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈpa.pu]

papu m (plural papus)

1. (folklore) a fantastic creature used to scare children

• “papu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “papu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “papu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Proto-Finnic *papu, borrowed from Proto-Slavic *bobъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpu/, [ˈpɑ̝pu]
• Rhymes: -ɑpu
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧pu

papu

1. bean (edible seed or pod of plants of several genera of Fabaceae)
2. bean (similar seed of some other plants, e.g. coffee)
3. Short for tarhapapu (“common bean”) (plant Phaseolus vulgaris)
4. (informal) muscle, especially the biceps

• “papu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• pappu

Papuloja.

From Proto-Finnic *papu. Cognates include Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Veps babu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpu/, [ˈpɑpu]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpu/, [ˈpɑb̥u]
• Rhymes: -ɑpu
• Hyphenation: pa‧pu

papu

1. bean

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pojil tiuketaa pappua (1).

Borrowed from Russian бабки (babki), perhaps influenced by Etymology 1 due to knucklebones' resemblance to beans.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpu/, [ˈpɑpu]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpu/, [ˈpɑb̥u]
• Rhymes: -ɑpu
• Hyphenation: pa‧pu

papu

1. knucklebones: a traditional game, in which ten knucklebones are set in a row and players try to topple them by throwing another bone against them from a distance.
2. knucklebone (used in a game of knucklebones)

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 369

• IPA^(key): [ˈpapu]

papu m

1. accusative singular of papa
2. instrumental singular of papa

papu f

1. accusative singular of papa
2. instrumental singular of papa

Perhaps from papa (“glop, mush, pap”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pu/

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• Rhymes: -apu
• Syllabification: pa‧pu

papu n (indeclinable)

1. (childish or humorous) food

   Synonym: jedzenie

• papu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• papu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Probably from papi or back-formation from papucho. Originated on Spanish-speaking Facebook group La Grasa in early 2010s, usually to describe its male members.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapu/ [ˈpa.pu]
• Rhymes: -apu
• Syllabification: pa‧pu

papu m (plural papus)

1. (Internet slang) guy, dude, bro

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papu (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she plays

• papitun
• pèhpapitunk

• Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “papu”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

• IPA^(key): /pa.ˈpu/

papu

1. Alternative form of paapu (“knee, elbow, corner”)

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as papú)