Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paugie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paugie
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fish, Stenotomus chrysops, the porgy.

Etymology

Shortened form of the Narragansett word mishcùppaûog ("porgies", plural). Another shortening of the same word yields the synonym scup. The full word was borrowed as scuppaug. The singular was borrowed as mishcup. Possibly reinforced by its similarity to porgy, especially in non-rhotic accents.

Inflected Forms

paugies (plural)

Questions

What does paugie mean?: A fish, Stenotomus chrysops, the porgy.
Where does paugie come from?: Shortened form of the Narragansett word mishcùppaûog ("porgies", plural). Another shortening of the same word yields the synonym scup. The full word was borrowed as scuppaug. The singular was borrowed as mishcup. Possibly reinforced by its similarity to porgy, especially in non-rhotic accents.

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