グアバ

Japanese

グアバ (guaba): the guava fruit.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English guava.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) アバ [gúꜜàbà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡɯ̟ᵝa̠ba̠]

Noun

グアバ (guaba) 

  1. guava, Psidium guajava (the fruit or the tree)

Usage notes

The spelling グアバ is the most common.

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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