guayaba

Meaning

guayar

  1. (Dominican-Republic, Puerto-Rico) to grate
  2. (Dominican-Republic, Puerto-Rico) to bump and grind
  3. (Cuba, Eastern) to work hard, as in grating yuca to make casabe, a popular meal

Concepts

guava jelly

guava tree

tropical guava

Synonyms

Translations

Guave

guava

جوافه

γκουαγιάβα

γκουάβα

guava

Psidium guajava

Hyphenated as
gua‧ya‧ba
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡwaˈʝaba/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Taíno *wayaba.

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