グアバ

Japanese

グアバ (guaba): the guava fruit.

Alternative forms

グァバ (gwaba), グヮバ (gwaba), グアヴァ (guava)

Etymology

Borrowed from English guava.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

グアバ (rōmaji guaba)

guava, Psidium guajava (the fruit or the tree)

Usage notes

The spelling グアバ is the most common.

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0

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