Meaning: | tsamma melon, wild watermelon |
Language: | Gǀui |
Species: | Citrullus lanatus |
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Related_lexemes: | ǁqʼúmā “the fresh flesh of melons (tsamma melon, gemsbok cucumber)”; ǂqàbà “boiled flesh of melons” |
Ethnobiological_notes: | very appreciated as food; source of water; wild variety; gathered |
References: | Nakagawa 2013: 47; Tanaka and Sugawara 2010: 39, 130 |