Etymology

peewah

pee·wah
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Today it means: A peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), a South American palm tree. Full definition →

Trinidadian Creole English peewa ← Spanish pijguao ← Quechua [Term?]
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  1. Quechua · derived from[Term?]
  2. Spanish · derived frompijguao
  3. Trinidadian Creole English · borrowed frompeewa
  4. English todaypeewah

Borrowed from Trinidadian Creole English peewa, peewah, from Spanish pijguao (Latin America), possibly from Quechua [Term?]. The English word is cognate with Spanish pifá, pivá (Panama), pijuayo (Peru).

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