Papiamentu

Variant of Papiamento

Papiamento definition

Pa·pia·mento (pä′pyə men′tō′)

noun

a Spanish-based creole with elements of Dutch and Portuguese, spoken in Curaçao and Aruba
also Papiamentu Pa′pia·men′tu (-to̵̅o̅)

Etymology: Sp < Papiamento papia, talk, language, prob. (? via Port papear, to jabber) of echoic orig. + Sp -mento, -ment

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