bualawa

== Ternate == === Etymology === Ultimately from Austronesian; compare Malay bunga lawang and Balinese 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) 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