bualawa

Ternate
bualawa

Etymology

Ultimately from Austronesian; compare Malay bunga lawang and Balinese ᬩᬸᬯᬄᬮᬯᬂ (buwah lawang), both meaning cloves. Cognates include Gorontalo hungolawa, Asilulu pukalawane, Hitu pualawane.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌbu.a.ˈla.wa/

Noun

bualawa (Jawi بواه لاوه)

  1. cloves (Syzygium aromaticum)
    Synonym: gaumedi
    raja bualawa ― king of cloves

References
  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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