guayabe

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tewa buwayabe.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈʝabe/ [ɡwaˈʝa.β̞e]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwaˈʝabe/ [ɡwaˈʝa.β̞e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡwaˈʃabe/ [ɡwaˈʃa.β̞e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwaˈʒabe/ [ɡwaˈʒa.β̞e]

• Rhymes: -abe
• Syllabification: gua‧ya‧be

Noun

guayabe m (plural guayabes)

1. (New Mexico) a kind of waferlike bread made with blue cornmeal.

References

• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎^[1], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN