Huevas Paki??

[dice]

I had the impression that "huevas" was a mis-spelling of "huevos",
so "paki" could be phonetically spelled, too. The Spanish word led
me to paca, native to parts of Latin America.

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[Doug9345]

Originally Posted by dice

I had the impression that "huevas" was a mis-spelling of "huevos",
so "paki" could be phonetically spelled, too. The Spanish word led
me to paca, native to parts of Latin America.

With huevas and huevos you are dealing with a masculine - feminine type thing. It appears that salmon eggs is huevos de Salmon and salmon roe is huevas de Salmon.
So they are both words.

I agree with you that it is very likely a phonetic spelling of some Spanish word. I have a hard time believing someone who would use British derogatory term would then use a Spanish word.


I just came across this site

http://www.namepedia.org/en/firstname/Paqui/

It shows Paqui as a Name. If you search on Paqui there seems to be many people that have Paqui in their names.


My conclusion is that it most likely is an egg shaped tomato that came from someone whose name is pronounced something like Paki.

[maf]

"Paqui" does sound like a credible explanation; it has the same vowel sounds as "paki", unlike "paca" which seemed too far removed to be a phonetic spelling. Hopefully Tania will hear back from her source with more information that may shed light on the true meaning.

[Tania]

i got a response this morning - apparently my source did not grow it himself yet. He asked a question at a German forum and this is the answer he got so far - I'd need help with translation as Google translation tool was giving something a big ambiguous.

ich bin zwar nicht wandersmann aber ich denke, daß es die Tomate Roja Huevo de Paki sein soll
vollrot, erst grün-gelb, eiförmig, wachsartige feste Haut, super Salat/Saucen Tomate, alte Schäfersorte(sheppard) aus Sierra de las Villas, Andalusien./Spain

All I understood that it is egg-shaped and it is a great sauce tomato.

[frdlturner]

I think I have eaten this tomato I lived in the andalusia spain area for 6 years and there was a tomato the shepards grow that was a salad/sauce type . it was a egg shape tomato so this could be it that was in the mid 1970's so do not remember the name.
used in payaya and also a stew of clams , garlic , red wine and tomatoes.
would like some seed of this.

[delltraveller]

The person replying isn't the person with the screen name wandersmann, but he/she believes that Huevo de Paki is a totally red tomato when ripe, is a green-yellow color when unripe, is egg shaped with a waxy solid skin and is a super salad and sauce tomato.

It is an old variety from the shepherds of Sierra de las Villas, Andalusia, Spain.

[Tania]

Thank you!!! great translation!

I will be posting more info when I receive it. There is still some uncertainty about its proper name.

[Ozark]

I think maybe I've got the answer. I mentioned this question to a friend who happens to be from the Andalusia region of Spain. He laughed and said we're all overthinking it.

He thinks "huevas" is someone's misspelling of "huevos" - eggs. He's seldom seen the word "paqui" in writing but in spoken language he says that's slang in Andalusia for "poquito" - meaning small or little. It's a casual or cute way of saying it like "l'il" or "l'il bit" in English.

So "Huevo Paqui" (singular) would be understood as "little egg" in Andalusia, describing this tomato's shape.

[Doug9345]

Sounds like you may have it. It's amazing just how much information this group can come up with.

[Tania]

Originally Posted by Doug9345

Sounds like you may have it. It's amazing just how much information this group can come up with.

Ditto

Thank you Ozark, this is a great info!

Now, should I be correcting the name to Huevos Paqui?

[Doug9345]

I'd say yes given the information you have. Think how many tomato names would be different if they were spelled phonetically.

[Ozark]

Originally Posted by Tania

Now, should I be correcting the name to Huevos Paqui?

I don't know. I can't find any other references to the word "paqui". As my friend says, it must be a slang term, a spoken word only.

"Huevos Poquitos" would be proper Spanish that everyone would understand. Little eggs.

If you want to stick with what we think is the Andalusian name, it should be either "Huevos Paquis" or "Huevo Paqui", with both words either plural or singular and not one of each.