aguaje

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Peruvian Spanish aguaje.

Noun

aguaje (plural aguajes)

1. The edible fruit of the moriche palm.
   • 2013, Laurie B. Arnold, Hello There, We've Been Waiting for You!:

     Florida and I took off on our search for aguajes. I was determined to fill up our backpack with both fruit and fish and then be the first team to make it back to camp.

Spanish

Noun

aguaje m (plural aguajes)

1. waterhole, watering hole, watering place (place where wild animals drink)

   Synonyms: aguadero, abrevadero, aguada, bebedero

2. spring tide
3. water supply
4. watering
5. (Peru) fruit of the moriche palm

Descendants

• → Tagalog: agwahe

Further reading

• “aguaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10