Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

calabaza

English translation:

(water) gourd

Added to glossary by Charles Davis
Feb 11, 2017 10:42
7 yrs ago
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Spanish term

calabazas

Spanish to English Other Agriculture Text from the Canary Islands
13) Herramientas ancestrales como es el garrote, las cencerras, zurrones, calabazas, queseras, empleitas, cuchillo, etc., se siguen utilizando diariamente y constituyen un claro ejemplo de valor antropológico.

I found all of other terms here ... in the context of their use in agriculture in the Canary Islands except calabazas ... I know calabaza is a pumpkin but I wonder is it also a type of tool used in agriculture and what type?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 (water) gourd
4 +2 calabash
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Feb 15, 2017 16:15: Charles Davis Created KOG entry

Feb 15, 2017 16:15: Charles Davis changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1321043">Charles Davis's</a> old entry - "calabazas"" to ""(water) gourd""

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Proposed translations

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(water) gourd

Gourds in the plural, of course. As Guillermo says, it is literally a "calabaza", dried and hollowed out and used to carry water. It is normally called a gourd. The following are on Canarian shepherds:

"En el mismo, además de ese ajuar que Verneau nos señalaba, también se llevaba según los testimonios de los viejos pastores: La calabaza para el agua enganchada o amarrada dentro, el cuerno de vaca tapado con madera de balo o de leña buena que usaban de salero, un zurrón pequeño para amasar el gofio."
http://www.bienmesabe.org/noticia/2004/Mayo/por-que-llamarlo...

"La calabaza para el agua, el cuerno de vaca tapado con balo o leña buena que usaban de salero, un zurrón pequeño para amasar el gofio, una buena manta para las vigilias frías, o buenas piezas de ropa de lana del país, chaquetas y pantalones, tejidas por la familia en casa."
http://www.saltodelpastorcanario.org/web/wp-content/uploads/...

https://www.wordnik.com/words/water-gourd

"gourd
noun
1. the hard-shelled fruit of any of various plants, especially those of Lagenaria siceraria (white-flowered gourd or bottle gourd) whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils, and Cucurbita pepo (yellow-flowered gourd) used ornamentally.
Compare gourd family.
2. a plant bearing such a fruit.
3. a dried and excavated gourd shell used as a bottle, dipper, flask, etc."
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/gourd
Peer comment(s):

agree neilmac
15 mins
Thanks, Neil :)
agree Yvonne Gallagher
1 hr
Many thanks :)
agree Wendy Streitparth
3 hrs
Thanks, Wendy :)
agree Michelle Wolfson
3 hrs
Thanks, Michelle :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a million"
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calabash

These all seem to be things that a shepherd would have carried with him on the job. Therefore, it seems logical that it would refer to the calabash (a plant used as an ancient water bottle).

See https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagenaria_siceraria
Peer comment(s):

agree neilmac : AKA gourd...
32 mins
agree Yvonne Gallagher
1 hr
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