GOURD    瓜果瓜

FRUIT of a CREEPER PLANT the SHELL of which is USED as a VESSEL. []
Old Chinese Criteria
huang
Modern Chinese Criteria
瓜果 瓜 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • FRUIT　RIPE SEED ON PLANT or TREE, TYPICALLY HARVESTED by HUMANS FOR EATING. (anc: 3/0, child: 9)
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
Other Hypernyms
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
  • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 730

    瓠，匏

    1. WL provides useful direct evidence that hu4 瓠 and pa2o 匏 were taken to refer to the same plant.

    • Words (10 items)

    瓜  guā OC: kʷraa MC: kɣɛ 8 Attributions

    The general term for gourd and gourd-like fruits and vegetables growing on the ground is guā 瓜.

      Syntactic words
    • nmelon; gourd
    • nadNmelon (season)
    • nadVreference=objectlike a melon　SHIJI: 瓜分
    • vi0there is the melon season
    瓢  piáo OC: bew MC: biɛu 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ngourd; spec. begging gourd
    • nmeasuregourd
    瓠  hù OC: ɡʷlaas MC: ɦuo̝ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbottle-gourd plant (the fruit of which is the hú lú 葫蘆)
    匏  páo OC: bruu MC: bɣɛu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nbottle-gourd plant (the fruit of which is the hú lú 葫蘆)
    瓞  dié OC: liiɡ MC: det 1 Attribution

    Dié 瓞 refers to a small gourd.

      Syntactic words
    • nsmall melon; gourd stem
    匏瓜  páo guā OC: bruu kʷraa MC: bɣɛu kɣɛ 0 Attributions

    Páoguā 匏瓜 specifically refers to one kind of a gourd.

      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1adN2}bottle gourd
    葫  hú OC: ɡaa MC: ɦuo̝ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nkind of gourd
    葫蘆  hú lú OC: ɡaa ɡ-raa MC: ɦuo̝ luo̝ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    瓠瓜  hù guā OC: ɡʷlaas kʷraa MC: ɦuo̝ kɣɛ 0 Attributions

    Hùguā 瓠瓜 refers to a gourd with the both ends of the same thickness.

      Syntactic words
    瓝  bó OC: breewɡ MC: bɣɔk 0 Attributions

    Bó 瓝 is another term for a small gourd.

      Syntactic words