köken: From Proto-Indo-European *balbal- (“babbling, unclear speech”) (compare Latin balbus (“stammering”)), or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul), both derivations of ultimate onomatopoeic origin.
diminutive of πουλί (poulí, “bird; little willy, penis”) · kitty, box, thingy, front bum (the vulva) · little one, darling, sweetie (especially to children)
The chili pepper, often specifically the Korean chili pepper, a variety of Capsicum annuum. · willy, wee-wee, penis
köken: First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 고쵸〮 (Yale: kwòchyó). Its original meaning was “black pepper”. Two hypotheses exist regarding its origin: # From Japanese 胡椒(こしょう) (koshō), in turn from Chinese 胡椒 [Sino-Korean reading 호초 (hocho)]. # From 고초(苦草) (gocho, “bitter vegetable”), acquiring its current meaning after the introduction of chili peppers…
köken: Inherited from Latin passer, passerem (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).