guava

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/

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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 is yellowish or pale green to pink in color.
3. A medium reddish-pink colour, like that of guava flesh (also called guava pink).

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Translations

tree or shrub

Bikol Central: bayawas (bcl) Bulgarian: гуа́ва f (guáva) Burmese: မာလကာပင် (mala.kapang) Chinese: Cantonese: 番石榴 (faan1 sek6 lau4-2) Mandarin: 番石榴 (zh) (fānshíliu), 芭樂／芭乐 (zh) (bālè), 雞矢果／鸡矢果 (jīshǐguǒ) (mainland China), 巴拉 (zh) (bālā), 芭拉 (bālā) 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 Punjabi: ਅਮਰੂਦ (pa) (amarūd) Polish: guawa f Portuguese: goiabeira f 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) Armenian: գուավա (guava) Assamese: মধুৰি (modhuri), মধুৰি আম (modhuri am), সঁফুৰি আম (xõphuri am), মুহৰী (muhori) Atayal: bwal Bengali: পেয়ারা (bn) (peyara) Bikol Central: bayawas (bcl) Brunei Malay: biabas Bulgarian: гуа́ва f (guáva) Burmese: မာလကာသီး (mala.kasi:) Chinese: Cantonese: 番石榴 (faan1 sek6 lau4-2) Mandarin: 番石榴 (zh) (fānshíliu), 芭樂／芭乐 (zh) (bālè), 雞矢果／鸡矢果 (jīshǐguǒ) (mainland China), 巴拉 (zh) (bālā), 芭拉 (bālā) 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) Hindi: अमरूद (hi) (amrūd), अमरूत (hi) m (amrūt) Hungarian: gujávafa Ido: guyavo (io) Ilocano: bayabas Indonesian: jambu batu (id), jambu biji (id) Italian: guava f Japanese: グアバ (guaba), グアヴァ (guava) Javanese: jambu kluthuk Kannada: ಪೇರಲ (pērala), ಚೇಪೆಹಣ್ಣು (cēpehaṇṇu), ಸೀಬೆಹಣ್ಣು (kn) (sībehaṇṇu) Khmer: ត្របែក (km) (trɑbaek) Korean: 구아바 (guaba) Lao: ໝາກສີດາ (lo) (māk sī dā) Malagasy: goavy (mg) Malay: jambu batu Malayalam: പേരയ്ക്ക (pēraykka) Maori: kuāwa Marathi: पेरू (perū) 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 Persian: گواوا‎ (fa) (guâvâ), امرود‎ (fa) (amrud) Punjabi: ਅਮਰੂਦ (pa) (amarūd) Polish: gujawa f, guawa f Portuguese: goiaba (pt) f 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

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Finnish

Etymology

From English guava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuɑːʋɑ/, [ˈɡuɑːʋɑ]

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
instructive		—	guavoin
abessive		guavatta	guavoitta
comitative		—	guavoineen

Possessive forms of guava (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	guavani	guavamme
2nd person	guavasi	guavanne
3rd person	guavansa

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Japanese

Romanization

guava

1. Rōmaji transcription of グアヴァ