甘蜜

Chinese

sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.) honey
simp. and trad.
(甘蜜)

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Malay gambir (gambier).

Pronunciation


Noun

甘蜜

  1. (chiefly Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) gambier (Uncaria gambir)

References

  • Lim Hiong Seng (1886) “Commercial”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press, page 119
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