sapota

See also: Sapota

English

sapota (Manilkara zapota) leaves and fruit

Etymology

Latinization of Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl (“Manilkara zapota, sapodilla”)

Noun

sapota (plural sapotas)

1. The tropical fruit from the sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota. The fruit is 4–8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with very sweet earthy-brown flesh.
2. Sapote, the similar fruit of various other tropical and semi-tropical trees, such as Pouteria sapota.

Synonyms

• (fruit of Manilkara zapota): sapodilla

Translations

fruit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人心果 (zh) (rénxīnguǒ)

• Dutch: sapodilla (nl) f, sapotille (nl) f (Suriname)
• Finnish: sapodilla
• Telugu: సపోటా (te) (sapōṭā)

sapote — see sapote

Polish

Etymology

From sapać +‎ -ota.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /saˈpɔ.ta/

Noun

sapota f

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) panting

Derived terms

proverbs

• godzina sapoty, godzina roboty

 

Further reading

• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “sapota”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 308

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English supporter.

Noun

sapota

1. supporter