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