guayaba
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish guayaba, from Taíno *wayaba. Doublet of guava, by which it has been largely displaced.
Noun
editguayaba (plural guayabas)
Spanish
editPronunciation
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Etymology 1
editBorrowed from Taíno *wayaba.[1]
Noun
editguayaba f (plural guayabas)
- guava (fruit)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Bikol Central: bayawas
- → Belizean Creole: gwaava
- → Cebuano: bayabas, biyabas
- → English: guava
- → Hiligaynon: bayabas
- → Ilocano: bayabas, bayabat
- → Masbatenyo: bayabas
- → Rakhine: ဂိုယံသီး
- → Tagalog: bayabas, tayabas
- → Tiruray: bayabas
Etymology 2
editVerb
editguayaba
References
editFurther reading
edit- “guayaba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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