Malay apple

Malay apple

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˌleɪ ˈapəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmeɪleɪ ˌæpəl/, /məˌleɪ ˈæpəl/

Noun

Malay apple (plural Malay apples)

1. A myrtaceous tree (Syzygium malaccense) native to Malaysia and Australia, or the fruit of this tree. [from 19th c.]
   • 1984, Helen R. Lane, translating Mario Vargas Llosa, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society 2012, p. 141:

     A romance must have begun very gradually, beneath the bushy-topped Malay apple trees of the church square […] .

   Synonyms: mountain apple (Hawaii), nakavika (Vanuatu), ohia (Hawaii), pommerac, rose apple

Translations

Translations

Aiwoo: näve Aneityum: inyehec Anuta: kapika Araki: haviha Babatana: kapika Balinese: nyambu bol Bikol Central: makopa Bislama: nakavika Bola: kavika Bulu (New Guinea): kavika Cemuhî: ééii Chinese: Mandarin: 马六甲蒲桃 Dhivehi: ޖަންބު‎ (dv) (jan̊bu) Dutch: djamboe bol ? East Futuna: kafika Fijian: kavika Finnish: malakanjambolaani French: jambosier rouge (fr) m, pomme d'eau f Gela: gaviga German: Wasserapfel m Hawaiian: ʻōhiʻa, ʻōhiʻa ʻai Iaai: xöiö Jabem: àiŋ Javanese: jambu bol Kwara'ae: 'afi'o Lenakel: ləkəvək Lewo: kavika Lou: keik Madurese: jhâmbhu dhârsana Malay: jambu bol Indonesian: jambu bol (id) Mangarevan: keʻika Maori: (archaic) kahika Mengen: gaiva Mota: gaviga Nagu: naü Nakanai: gaiva Namakura: kavik Natügu: naq Niuean: fekakai North Efate: nakavika North Marquesan: kehika Nyâlayu: câc Paicî: èpu Pijin: kabarae Port Sandwich: xavik Portuguese: jambo-vermelho m Pwaamei: ahie Raga: gaviga Rarotongan: kaʻika Russian: малайское яблоко n (malajskoje jabloko) Samoan: fi'afi'a Sinhalese: පිනි ජම්බු (pini jambu) South Efate: nkafik Spanish: manzana de agua f, pomarrosa f, poma rosa f Tahitian: ʻahiʻa Tamambo: haviha Tami: kapig Tikopia: kafika Tok Pisin: laulau Tongan: fekika Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin: navi Vietnamese: điều đỏ Vurës: gavēg Wallisian: kafika Western Fijian: kavika Xârâcùù: këù

References

• Malay in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913