Meaning of kapayas

n. papaya

n. papaya, small tree which bears a melon-like fruit. It is eaten ripe as a melon, unripe as a vegetable, esp. pickled, and the leaves are used medicinally: Carica papaya. katkat, dap-us sa — v. have intercourse (humorous). — sa Amirikánu variety of large and often tasteless papaya. -un a. 1. tending to cry readily, like the papaya, the skin of which exudes sap at the slightest touch. Kapayásun nang batáa, That child is a cry-baby; 2. for breasts to be pendulous like papayas. Tambuk ang mga anak niánang babayhána kay kapayásun man siyag dughan, The children of that woman must be fat because she has large and pendulous breasts; v. get to be a cry-baby, have pendulous breasts.