Malay apple

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˌleɪ ˈapəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmeɪleɪ ˌæpəl/, /məˌleɪ ˈæpəl/

Noun

Malay apple (plural Malay apples)

1. A myrtaceous tree (Syzygium malaccense) native to Malaysia and Australia, or the fruit of this tree. [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: mountain apple (Hawaii), nakavika (Vanuatu), ohia (Hawaii), pommerac, pomarrosa, rose apple

   • 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 141:

     A romance must have begun very gradually, beneath the bushy-topped Malay apple trees of the church square […] .

Translations

Translations

• Aiwoo: näve
• Aneityum: inyehec
• Anuta: kapika
• Araki: haviha
• Babatana: kapika
• Balinese: nyambu bol
• Bikol Central: makopa
• Bislama: nakavika
• Bola: kavika
• Bulu (New Guinea): kavika
• Cemuhî: ééii
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 马六甲蒲桃

• Dhivehi: ޖަންބު (dv) (jan̊bu)
• Dutch: djamboe bol (nl) ?
• East Futuna: kafika
• Fijian: kavika
• Finnish: malakanjambolaani
• French: jambosier rouge (fr) m, pomme d’eau f
• Gela: gaviga
• German: Wasserapfel m
• Hawaiian: ʻōhiʻa, ʻōhiʻa ʻai
• Iaai: xöiö
• Indonesian: jambu bol (id)
• Jabem: àiŋ
• Javanese: jambu bol
• Kwara'ae: 'afi'o
• Lenakel: ləkəvək
• Lewo: kavika
• Lou: keik
• Madurese: jhâmbhu dhârsana
• Malay: jambu bol
• Mangarevan: keʻika
• Maori: (archaic) kahika
• Mengen: gaiva
• Mota: gaviga
• Nagu: naü
• Nakanai: gaiva
• Namakura: kavik
• Natügu: naq
• Niuean: fekakai
• North Efate: nakavika
• North Marquesan: kehika
• Nyâlayu: câc
• Paicî: èpu
• Pijin: kabarae
• Port Sandwich: xavik
• Portuguese: jambo-vermelho m
• Pwaamei: ahie
• Raga: gaviga
• Rarotongan: kaʻika
• Russian: малайское яблоко n (malajskoje jabloko)
• Samoan: fi'afi'a
• Sinhalese: පිනි ජම්බු (pini jambu)
• South Efate: nkafik
• Spanish: manzana de agua f, pomarrosa f, poma rosa f
• Tahitian: ʻahiʻa
• Tamambo: haviha
• Tami: kapig
• Tikopia: kafika
• Tok Pisin: laulau
• Tongan: fekika
• Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin: navi
• Vietnamese: điều đỏ
• Vurës: gavēg
• Wallisian: kafika
• Western Fijian: kavika
• Xârâcùù: këù

References

• “Malay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.