gûaîaba

Old Tupi

Etymology

    Borrowed from Portuguese guaiaba. Only attested in Dicionário de Trier.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡwaˈjaβa/
    • Rhymes: -aβa
    • Hyphenation: gûa‧îa‧ba

    Noun

    gûaîaba (unpossessable) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

    1. guava
      Synonym: arasagûasu
      • a. 1756, Anton Meisterburg, “Pacova týba”, in [Dicionário de Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 47v, column 1, unnumbered line; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica, Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 279:
        Goäiába týba.
        [Gûaîaba-tyba.]
        Guava plantation.

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: wayawa
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