guava

English

guavas (fruit)

Etymology

Recorded since 1555, from Spanish guaya, a variant of guayaba, from Arawak guayabo (“guava tree”). Doublet of guayaba, which is now rare or obsolete.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɑːvə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɑːvə

Noun

guava (countable and uncountable, plural guavas)

1. A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.
2. Its yellowish tropical fruit, 1¼ to 2 inches, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies. The meat can be yellowish to pale green or pink in color, depending on the variety.
   • 1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 118:

     CREAM CHEESE AND GUAVA JELLY SANDWICH: Spread an equal number of slices of lightly buttered white bread with guava jelly and cream cheese. Put slices together and trim the edges.

3. A medium reddish-pink colour, like that of guava flesh (also called guava pink).

   guava:  

Derived terms

• Chilean guava
• pineapple guava

 

Translations

tree or shrub

• Bikol Central: bayawas (bcl)
• Bulgarian: гуа́ва f (guáva)
• Burmese: မာလကာပင် (mala.kapang)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 番石榴 (faan¹ sek⁶ lau^4-2)

  Mandarin: 番石榴 (zh) (fānshíliú), 芭樂／芭乐 (zh) (bālè), 雞矢果／鸡矢果 (jīshǐguǒ) (mainland China), 巴拉 (zh) (bālā), 芭拉

  Min Nan: 林菝仔 (zh-min-nan) (ná-pua̍t-á, ná-pa̍t-á), 菝仔 (zh-min-nan) (pua̍t-á, pa̍t-á)

• Danish: guava c
• Dutch: guave (nl), guaveboom, guavestruik
• Esperanto: gujavujo, gujavarbo
• Finnish: guava (fi)
• French: goyavier (fr) m
• German: Guave (de) f, Guavenbaum m
• Hindi: अमरूद (hi) m (amrūd), अमरूत (hi) m (amrūt)
• Ido: guyaviero (io)
• Kannada: ಪೇರಲ (pērala), ಚೇಪೆ (kn) (cēpe), ಸೀಬೆ (sībe)
• Malayalam: പേര (pēra)
• Maori: kuawa
• Nahuatl:

  Classical: xālxococuahuitl

  Tetelcingo: xoxococuabi̱tl

• Polish: guawa f
• Portuguese: goiabeira f
• Punjabi: ਅਮਰੂਦ (pa) (amarūd)
• Russian: гуа́ва (ru) f (guáva)
• Spanish: guayabo (es)
• Swahili: mpera (sw)
• Telugu: జామ (te) (jāma), జామచెట్టు (te) (jāmaceṭṭu)
• Turkish: guava

fruit

• Albanian: gujava f
• Antillean Creole: goya f
• Arabic: جُوَافَة‎ (ar) f (juwāfa)

  Egyptian Arabic: جوافة‎ f (gawafa)

  Gulf Arabic: جوافة‎ m (jawāfa)

  Hijazi Arabic: جَوَّافة‎ f (jawwāfa)

• Arawak: maliaba, wayaba
• Armenian: գուավա (guava)
• Assamese: মধুৰি (modhuri), মধুৰি আম (modhuri am), সঁফুৰি আম (xõphuri am), মুহৰী (muhori)
• Atayal: bwal
• Bengali: পেয়ারা (bn) (peẏara)
• Bikol Central: bayawas (bcl)
• Brunei Malay: biabas
• Bulgarian: гуа́ва f (guáva)
• Burmese: မာလကာသီး (mala.kasi:)
• Cebuano: bayabas
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 番石榴 (faan¹ sek⁶ lau^4-2)

  Mandarin: 番石榴 (zh) (fānshíliú), 芭樂／芭乐 (zh) (bālè), 雞矢果／鸡矢果 (jīshǐguǒ) (mainland China), 巴拉 (zh) (bālā), 芭拉

  Min Nan: 林菝仔 (zh-min-nan) (ná-pua̍t-á, ná-pa̍t-á), 菝仔 (zh-min-nan) (pua̍t-á, pa̍t-á)

• Czech: guava
• Danish: guava
• Dutch: guave (nl)
• Esperanto: gujavo
• Finnish: guava (fi)
• French: goyave (fr) f
• Galician: guiaba f
• German: Guave (de) f
• Greek: γκουάβα f (gkouáva)
• Guaraní: arasa
• Hausa: goba
• Hebrew: גויאבה‎ (he) f (guyava)
• Hiligaynon: bayabas
• Hindi: अमरूद (hi) (amrūd), अमरूत (hi) m (amrūt)
• Hungarian: gujávafa
• Ido: guyavo (io)
• Ilocano: bayabas
• Indonesian: jambu batu (id), jambu biji (id)
• Irish: guábha m
• Italian: guava f, guaiava f
• Japanese: グアバ (guaba), グアヴァ (guava)
• Javanese: jambu kluthuk
• Kannada: ಪೇರಲ (pērala), ಚೇಪೆಹಣ್ಣು (cēpehaṇṇu), ಸೀಬೆಹಣ್ಣು (kn) (sībehaṇṇu)
• Kapampangan: biabas
• Khmer: ត្របែក (km) (trɑbaek)
• Kinaray-a: bayabas
• Konkani: पेरु (pēru)
• Korean: 구아바 (guaba)
• Lao: ໝາກສີດາ (lo) (māk sī dā)
• Malagasy: goavy (mg)
• Malay: jambu batu
• Malayalam: പേരയ്ക്ക (pēraykka)
• Maori: kuāwa
• Marathi: पेरू (perū)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: ягаан жүржлэг (jagaan žüržleg), гуава (guava), шарсан жимс (šarsan žims) (China)

  Mongolian: ᠶᠠᠭᠠᠨ
  ᠵᠦᠷᠵᠢᠯᠢᠭ (yaɣan ǰürǰilig), ᠰᠢᠷᠠᠰᠤᠨ
  ᠵᠢᠮᠢᠰ (sirasun ǰimis)

• Nahuatl:

  Classical: xālxocotl

  Highland Puebla: xa̱lxocot

  Mecayapan: xa̱lxocoꞌ

  Michoacán: xalxocul

  Northern Puebla: xalxocotl

  Tetelcingo: xoxocotl

  Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla: xalxocotl

• Nepali: अम्बा (ne) (ambā)
• Ngazidja Comorian: pera class 5/6
• Norwegian: guava
• Pangasinan: bayawas
• Persian: گواوا‎ (fa) (guâvâ), امرود‎ (fa) (amrud)
• Polish: gujawa f, guawa f
• Portuguese: goiaba (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਅਮਰੂਦ (pa) (amarūd)
• Quechua: sawintu
• Rakhine: ဂိုယံသီး
• Russian: гуа́ва (ru) f (guáva)
• Somali: saytuun
• Spanish: guayaba (es) f
• Swahili: pera (sw)
• Swedish: guava (sv) c
• Tagalog: bayabas (tl)
• Tamil: கொய்யா (ta) (koyyā)
• Telugu: జామపండు (te) (jāmapaṇḍu)
• Thai: ฝรั่ง (th) (fà-ràng)
• Tigrinya: ዘይቱን (zäytun)
• Tongan: kuava
• Tsonga: kijawa
• Turkish: guava
• Ukrainian: гуая́ва f (huajáva), гуа́ва f (huáva)
• Urdu: امرود‎ (amrūd), امروت‎ m (amrūt)
• Vietnamese: ổi (vi)
• Wolof: guyaab (wo)
• Yonaguni: バンシル (baŋshiru)
• Zulu: ugwava (zu) class 1a/2a

Finnish

Etymology

From English guava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuɑːʋɑ/, [ˈɡuɑ̝ːʋɑ̝]

Noun

guava

1. guava

Declension

Inflection of guava (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		guava	guavat
genitive		guavan	guavojen
partitive		guavaa	guavoja
illative		guavaan	guavoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		guava	guavat
accusative	nom.	guava	guavat
	gen.	guavan
genitive		guavan	guavojen guavainrare
partitive		guavaa	guavoja
inessive		guavassa	guavoissa
elative		guavasta	guavoista
illative		guavaan	guavoihin
adessive		guavalla	guavoilla
ablative		guavalta	guavoilta
allative		guavalle	guavoille
essive		guavana	guavoina
translative		guavaksi	guavoiksi
abessive		guavatta	guavoitta
instructive		—	guavoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of guava (type kala)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative guavani guavani accusative nom. guavani guavani gen. guavani genitive guavani guavojeni guavainirare partitive guavaani guavojani inessive guavassani guavoissani elative guavastani guavoistani illative guavaani guavoihini adessive guavallani guavoillani ablative guavaltani guavoiltani allative guavalleni guavoilleni essive guavanani guavoinani translative guavakseni guavoikseni abessive guavattani guavoittani instructive — — comitative — guavoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative guavasi guavasi accusative nom. guavasi guavasi gen. guavasi genitive guavasi guavojesi guavaisirare partitive guavaasi guavojasi inessive guavassasi guavoissasi elative guavastasi guavoistasi illative guavaasi guavoihisi adessive guavallasi guavoillasi ablative guavaltasi guavoiltasi allative guavallesi guavoillesi essive guavanasi guavoinasi translative guavaksesi guavoiksesi abessive guavattasi guavoittasi instructive — — comitative — guavoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative guavamme guavamme accusative nom. guavamme guavamme gen. guavamme genitive guavamme guavojemme guavaimmerare partitive guavaamme guavojamme inessive guavassamme guavoissamme elative guavastamme guavoistamme illative guavaamme guavoihimme adessive guavallamme guavoillamme ablative guavaltamme guavoiltamme allative guavallemme guavoillemme essive guavanamme guavoinamme translative guavaksemme guavoiksemme abessive guavattamme guavoittamme instructive — — comitative — guavoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative guavanne guavanne accusative nom. guavanne guavanne gen. guavanne genitive guavanne guavojenne guavainnerare partitive guavaanne guavojanne inessive guavassanne guavoissanne elative guavastanne guavoistanne illative guavaanne guavoihinne adessive guavallanne guavoillanne ablative guavaltanne guavoiltanne allative guavallenne guavoillenne essive guavananne guavoinanne translative guavaksenne guavoiksenne abessive guavattanne guavoittanne instructive — — comitative — guavoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative guavansa guavansa accusative nom. guavansa guavansa gen. guavansa genitive guavansa guavojensa guavainsarare partitive guavaansa guavojaan guavojansa inessive guavassaan guavassansa guavoissaan guavoissansa elative guavastaan guavastansa guavoistaan guavoistansa illative guavaansa guavoihinsa adessive guavallaan guavallansa guavoillaan guavoillansa ablative guavaltaan guavaltansa guavoiltaan guavoiltansa allative guavalleen guavallensa guavoilleen guavoillensa essive guavanaan guavanansa guavoinaan guavoinansa translative guavakseen guavaksensa guavoikseen guavoiksensa abessive guavattaan guavattansa guavoittaan guavoittansa instructive — — comitative — guavoineen guavoinensa

Further reading

• “guava”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Japanese

Romanization

guava

1. Rōmaji transcription of グアヴァ