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guava
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | fān (番) | |
| lexeme 2 | fānshíliú (番石榴) | |
| meaning 1 | generic term for the non-Han people in China's west in historical times; (by extension) non-Han people; foreign land; foreign, non-native | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | guava (Psidium guajava) | |
| reference | BKRS | |
| comment | shíliú (石榴) 'pomegranate' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | fà-ràng (ฝรั่ง) | |
| meaning 1 | farang ( a foreigner in Thailand who is of Western ancestry; one who comes to Thailand from a Western country) | dtɛ̀ɛ tun mâi pɔɔ chái jam-dtɔ̂ng hǎa raai-dâai sə̌əm dûai gaan-sɔ̌ɔn pan-rá-yaa fà-ràng tam aa-hǎan tai The insufficiency of capital forced her to find additional income by teaching Thai cookery to farang housewives. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | guava (Psidium guajava) | tôn fà-ràng the guava tree |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||
Guavas originated from an area thought to extend from Mexico, Central America or northern South America throughout the Caribbean region. The first European to mention guava Monc Ramón Pané, the companion of Christopher Columbus on his second voyage, who stayed on the island of Hispaniola (Saint Domingo) from 1494 to 1499. P. guajava was reported under the name guayabo by Fernandez de Oviedo in 1535 as being widely distributed in the West Indies, both cultivated and in the wild. Guava was adopted in subtropical and tropical regions of Asia, Africa and Oceania. It was the Portuguese who probably introduced this tree to Africa and Asia where it quickly spread thanks to its robustness and the taste qualities of its fruit. In Cape Verde and Angola, the first references date back only to the 17th century, but we know that guavas were served in 1590 at the table of the Mughal emperor Akbar. (José E. Mendes Ferrão, Le voyage des plantes et les Grandes Découvertes (XVe – XVIIe siècles), Chandeigne, 2020)