pigapiga
English: Translation
The calf of the leg; the thick muscular prominence at the back of the lower leg between the knee and ankle.
Semantic Domain
Body parts
Notes
pigapiga
n.
More specifically, the calf muscle or the rounded fleshy mass formed principally by the muscles at the rear of the lower leg.
MORPHOLOGY
piga + REDUP → pigapiga
SEMANTIC NOTE
Derived from piga “fish roe,” apparently through resemblance in shape and texture. The rounded, bulging muscular mass of the calf is likened to a compact mass of roe.
The reduplication creates an anatomical resemblance term rather than simply marking literal plurality.
COMPARE
- piga — fish roe.
- omonomon — scrotum or testicles, from omon “egg.”