GOURD  瓜果瓜

FRUIT of a CREEPER PLANT the SHELL of which is USED as a VESSEL. []
Hypernym
  • FRUITRIPE SEED ON PLANT or TREE, TYPICALLY HARVESTED by HUMANS FOR EATING.
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 ／

  • 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

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
瓝  bó OC: breewɡ MC: bɣɔk 0 Attributions

Bó 瓝 is another term for a small gourd.

    Syntactic words
葫  hú OC: ɡaa MC: ɦuo̝ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nkind of gourd
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
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
葫蘆  hú lú OC: ɡaa ɡ-raa MC: ɦuo̝ luo̝ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: