Nom usuel de Benincasa hispida plante grimpante herbacée annuelle de la famille des Cucurbitaceae, originaire d’Asie et cultivée dans de nombreuses régions tropicales et subtropicales pour son fruit.
eş: bidao
İspanyolcacalabaza blanca, calabaza china, melón de invierno
köken: It is not clear what the second element is. In Nhật dụng thường đàm (日用常談, 1827) and the Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838), bí đao was spelled as 秘刀 and 費刀 respectively. In both cases, the second element is spelled with 刀 (MC taw, “blade”) (SV: đao), which makes little sense if taken literally ("knife gourd" or "sword gourd"), so it is most likely a phonogram used simply for phonetic value…
費 Bí. n. Loại dây xanh trái lớn. ― đao. Thứ bí dài trái, da xanh, người ta hay dùng mà làm mứt.
bottle gourd or calabash, Lagenaria siceraria · bottle
köken: From Proto-Polynesian *faŋu₁ - cognate of Tongan fangu. Sense of bottle product of semantic broadening, compare with said Tongan cognate and Hawaiian hue for similar patterns.