wayawa

Nheengatu

Etymology

    Inherited from Língua Geral Amazônica gûaîaba, from Portuguese guaiaba.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /waˈjawa/, [waˈjawɐ]
    • Rhymes: -awa
    • Hyphenation: wa‧ya‧wa

    Noun

    wayawa (plural wayawa-itá)

    1. guava fruit
    2. guava tree (Psidium guajava)
      Synonym: wayawa-iwa
    • wayawa-iwa
    • wayawa-tapurú

    References

    • Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “wayawa”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 823
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