feijoa

12:22 Feb 22, 2005
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English to Latvian translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary
English term or phrase: feijoa
Feijoa jam

Any ideas how it can be in Latvian?
I can't find "feihoa" anywere.
Inga Baranova
Local time: 20:03


Summary of answers provided
5 +2guava
Austra Muizniece
4 +1gvajave
Baltic Media (X)
3feijoa
Ryszard Matuszewski
3 -1Brazīlijas gvajave
Renu


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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
gvajave


Explanation:
Austras koments par latinisko pilnigi pareizs


    Reference: http://www.saeima.lv/pet/pls/DD?p_LN=lv&p_INTERFACE_LN=en&p_...
Baltic Media (X)
Local time: 20:03
Native speaker of: Native in LatvianLatvian

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agree  Austra Muizniece: ja jau vardnica ta saka, tad jau laikam taa buus:)
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Brazīlijas gvajave


Explanation:
Varbūt var iztikt bez "Brazīlijas".

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Note added at 2 hrs 56 mins (2005-02-22 15:18:42 GMT)
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vēl viena vieta: http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/feijoa.html
Tad varbūt tomēr jāatstāj tas Brazīlijas, lai atšķirtu no parastās \"guava\"...


    Reference: http://www.boga.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/html/Acca_sellowiana_Foto...
Renu
Local time: 20:03
Native speaker of: Native in LatvianLatvian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Austra Muizniece: naij, braziilijas gvajave taa nav, tai latiiniskais nosaukums cits - Psidium guineense.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5

9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
guava


Explanation:
AFAIK, "feijoa" is the first part of Latin name for " Pineapple guava" . In Latvian "guava" is normally used.


www.desert-tropicals.com/ Plants/Myrtaceae/Feijoa_sellowiana.html

Feijoa. Feijoa sellowiana. aka Pineapple Guava. 2-4" long, green skinned fruit with
creamy off-white flesh having an excellent, aromatic minty-guava flavor. ...
www.tradewindsfruit.com/feijoa.htm


Pineapple Guava; Feijoa (Feijoa sellowiana). Categories: ...
www.efn.org/~bsharvy/edible8.html
Guava Feijoa Feijoa Sellowiana. The fruit is oblong or slightly cilindrical,
4 to 6 cm long and 3 to 4cm wide, with the persistent ...
www.ocati.com/productos/feijoa/feijoa.htm

.. Pineapple guava (Feijoa sellowiana) is also native to South America, and has
fleshy, strong-scented berries with a subtle pineapple flavor. ...
waynesword.palomar.edu/ecoph14.htm

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Note added at 53 mins (2005-02-22 13:15:51 GMT)
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Varbuut oficiala tulkojuma nemaz nav.

Veel viens links no www.likumi.lv, kur arii mineeta guava

http://www.likumi.lv/doc.php?id=18042

Tas pats paraadaas arii www.dieta.lv, kas gan diez vai ir izcili uzticams avots. Vel ir tresais avots - CityMarket:),kur es tos fruktus regulari perku. Ka jau labi saprotat, tas nu ir galigi neuzticams avots:). Gvajavi gan neesmu nekur maniijusi.

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Note added at 5 days (2005-02-28 09:33:26 GMT)
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Sazinajos ar pazistamu botaanikji.Ar feijoa, izraadaas, ir taa:

\" Ar Feijoa
>sellowiana lieta ir vienkaarsha-shim augam jau Augstaako augu
>sistemaatikas graamataa, kaa ari Latvijas padomju enciklopeedijaa ir
>lietots nosaukums ****Urugvajas feihoja.*****\"
Par psidium gvajave sis nevareeja uzreiz atbildeet un teica, ka lieta sarezhgjiitaaka.



    Reference: http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:SlvHlxnrUW0J:www.calflo...
Austra Muizniece
Latvia
Local time: 20:03
Native speaker of: Latvian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ines Burrell
1 min

agree  Baltic Media (X): http://www.saeima.lv/pet/pls/DD?p_LN=lv&p_INTERFACE_LN=en&p_...
8 mins

neutral  Renu: Jumavas Svešvārdu vārdnīca piedāvā gvajavi (miršu dzimtas augļu koks, bla bla)
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