Definition
A member of an indigenous people of northern South America (Venezuela and parts of Colombia and Brazil).
Etymology
The word comes from the Chayma people's own name for themselves. Like many indigenous group names, it entered European languages through Spanish colonial documentation.
Kelly Says
The Chayma people developed sophisticated agricultural systems in the Orinoco region, including aquaculture techniques, but much of that knowledge was lost during colonization—their name persists in the historical record while their practices largely disappeared.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ቻይዮት (chaiyot)
cha-i-ot
ARالعربية
كوسا (kūsa)
kuːsa
BNবাংলা
চায়োট (cha-yo-t)
cha-yo-t
DEDeutsch
Chayote
ˈʃaɪ.oːtə
ELΕλληνικά
τσαγιότ (tsagiote)
tsa-ji-ote
ESEspañol
chayote
cha-i-ma
FAفارسی
چایوت (chayūt)
cha-i-ut
FRFrançais
chayote
ʃa-jot
GUGU
ચાયોટ (chayota)
cha-i-ot
HEעברית
צ'איוטה (chayota)
cha-i-o-ta
HIहिन्दी
चायोट (chayote)
cha-i-ote
IDBahasa Indonesia
chayote
cha-yo-te
ITItaliano
chayote
ʃa-jo-te
JA日本語
chayote
ちゃよート (cha-yo-to)
KMKM
chayote
ចាយ៉ូត (cha-yote)
KO한국어
chayote
차이오트 (cha-i-o-teu)
MRMR
चायोट (chayote)
cha-i-ote
MSBahasa Melayu
chayote
cha-i-ot
MYမြန်မာ
ချိုတ (cho-ta)
cho-ta
NLNederlands
chayote
ʃa-joːtə
PAPA
ਚਾਇਓਟ (chayōṭ)
cha-i-o-ṭ
PTPortuguês
chayote
ʃa-jo-tɛ
RORomână
chayote
cha-io-te
RUРусский
chayote
чайо́т (chay-ot)
SVSvenska
chayote
ʃa-joːtə
SWKiswahili
chayote
cha-i-ote
TAதமிழ்
சாயோட் (sayoṭ)
sa-yo-ṭ
TEతెలుగు
చాయోట్ (chāyōṭ)
cha-yo-ṭ
THไทย
ชาโยท (cha-yote)
cha-yo-te
UKУкраїнська
чайот (chajot)
chai-ot
URاردو
چائوٹ (chayōṭ)
cha-yo-ṭ
VITiếng Việt
chayote
cha-i-ot
ZH中文
番瓜 (fān guā)
fān gǔa