sap (of a plant)
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March
1 realization
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
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| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Belarusan | |
| Lexeme 1 | сок | |
| Lexeme 2 | сакавiк | |
| Meaning 1 | sap (of a plant) | бярозавы сок, бярозавiк birch sap |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | March | |
| Reference | Slounik.org | |
| Comment | Makers harvest the sap from birch trees once a year, from March to April. |
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March as a period to harvest birch sap. Birch tree water (sap) is a traditional beverage in Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and other parts of Northern Europe, in parts of Northern China and both Hokkaido and Aomori as parts of northern Japan.