菜瓜鑢

Chinese

		snake melon; cucumber	polishing tool
trad. (菜瓜鑢)		菜瓜	鑢
simp. (菜瓜𮣶)		菜瓜	𮣶

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): cai⁴ gua¹ loe⁴

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cai⁴ gua¹ loe⁴ [Phonetic: cai⁴ ua⁵ loe⁴]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁴² ^(k-)ua⁵³³⁻²¹ lø⁴²/

Noun

菜瓜鑢

1. (Putian Puxian Min) towel gourd sponge; loofah

Synonyms

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• 埕瓜布 (Xianyou Puxian Min)
• 暑瓜摖 (Hokkien)
• 絲瓜絡 / 丝瓜络 (sīguāluò)
• 菜瓜布
• 菜瓜摖 (Hokkien)
• 菜瓜蒲 (Hokkien)

 

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “菜瓜𮣶”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 73.