柑仔蜜

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Chinese

tangerine honey
simp. and trad.
(柑仔蜜)
柑仔
alternative forms 柑仔密
柑子蜜
甘仔蜜
甘仔密

Etymology 1

Phono-semantic matching of Tagalog kamatis (tomato), from Spanish tomate (tomato), from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (Zhang and Xiang, 2016).

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Noun

柑仔蜜

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, chiefly southern Taiwan) tomato
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Etymology 2

tangerine honey
simp. and trad.
(柑仔蜜)
柑仔
alternative forms 甘子蜜
甘仔密

Phono-semantic matching of Malay gambir (gambier).

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Noun

柑仔蜜

  1. (Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) gambier (extract derived from the leaves of Uncaria gambir)
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