Lemon

[Nathan & Carey Statezni]

Dear Meiraba,

The green lime fruit sold in markets in Yangon is called သံပရာသီး [t̪ã bᵉja d̪i]

 

Nathan

 

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Thank you professor

 

 

On 30 June 2014 10:47, <george.vandriem at isw.unibe.ch> wrote:

Dear Meiraba

 

What do you mean by lemon? The yellow fruit in modern supermarkets which is sold as a lemon might very well originate from the Indo-Burmese borderlands, but this hybrid does not appear to be a particularly ancient hybrid. Citrus x limon is currently believed to be a hybrid of the naturally occurring citron Citrus medica and the bitter orange hybrid Citrus × aurantium. The bitter orange is itself a hybrid of the shaddock Citrus maxima and the mandarin orange Citrus reticulata. Of course, there are also other species of the Citrus genus. Most of these trees do not grow on the Tibetan plateau, however.

 

Many good wishes,

George 

 

 

Professor Dr. George van Driem

Director, Institute of Linguistics

University of Bern

Länggassstrasse 49

CH 3000 Bern 9

Switzerland

 

vandriem at isw.unibe.ch

www.himalayanlanguages.org

 

 

 

On 30 Jun 2014, at 10:35, Meiraba Takhellambam <meiraba at GMAIL.COM> wrote:





Dear All 

 

Apologies for a silly query but can anybody help me out on how to say Lemon in Burmese and in Tibetan.

 

Best

 

Meiraba


 

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