Chinese edit

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 edit

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

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Noun edit

柑仔蜜

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, chiefly southern Taiwan) tomato [from 17th c.]
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Etymology 2 edit

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 edit

柑仔蜜

  1. (Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) gambier (extract derived from the leaves of Uncaria gambir) [from 18th c.]
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