gayawang

Sahu

Etymology

Ultimately from Portuguese goiaba (from Spanish guayaba, from Taíno *wayaba), with accretal "ng". Compare North Moluccan Malay goyawas (“guava”), from the plural of the same Portuguese term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ˈja.waŋ/

Noun

gayawang

1. guava

References

• Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill