calabash → cucumber 1 realization Unique
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Khwe
lexeme khuúrú
meaning 1 calabash
direction →
meaning 2 cucumber
reference Kilian-Hatz, Khwe dictionary. 2003: 68
comment The direction is set this way because the cucumber is not a native crop of South Africa. It was introduced in the 17th–19th centuries from Europe. Additionally, the argument is that in most genetically related languages, the cognate word means exactly 'bottle gourd', and only in this language it means 'cucumber'.

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