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Etymology
[edit]Recorded since 1555, from Spanish guayaba, from Taíno *wayaba.[1] Doublet of guayaba, which is now rare or obsolete.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]guava (countable and uncountable, plural guavas)
- A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.
- 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 can be yellowish to pale green or pink in color, depending on the variety.
- 1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 118:
- CREAM CHEESE AND GUAVA JELLY SANDWICH: Spread an equal number of slices of lightly buttered white bread with guava jelly and cream cheese. Put slices together and trim the edges.
- A medium reddish-pink colour, like that of guava flesh (also called guava pink).
- guava:
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]tree or shrub
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fruit
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References
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]guava
Declension
[edit]Inflection of guava (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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 guavain rare | |
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 | |
abessive | guavatta | guavoitta | |
instructive | — | guavoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “guava”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]guava
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