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shea en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ʃeɪ/
• (Southern-England) audio
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ʃi.ə/
• /ʃi/
• /ʃɪə/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Bambara si.

Meanings

1. A tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) indigenous to Africa, occurring in Mali, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Uganda.
   • The people were every where employed in collecting the fruit of the Shea trees, from which they prepare the vegetable butter mentioned in former parts of this work. […] They are not planted by the natives, but are found growing naturally in the woods; and, in clearing wood land for cultivation, every tree is cut down but the Shea. 1799, Mungo Park, chapter XVI, in Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, pages 202–203:
2. The fruit of this tree, having a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed.

Forms

Deriveds

shea butter

Synonyms

Butyrospermum parkii (tree) · shea tree (tree) · shea nut · vitellaria (tree) · B. paradoxum (tree)

Translations (81)

kbp somuu (tree) · kbp aga (fruit) · cme berre (fruit) · mql wùòfɛ̀ (fruit) · gux sànguoli (fruit) · mos zoonfo (fruit) · ca karité (tree) · bas njàp (tree) · bwu bagiak (fruit) · ula jígò (tree) · de Karitébaum (tree) · xsm swɛn (fruit) · ha kaɗanya (fruit) · dyu si (tree) · gux sàànli (fruit) · dyu simɔ (fruit) · nko klenku oyi (tree) · bfj mbʉʉ (tree) · mos taamde (fruit) · bib ɲɔɔr (fruit) · naw kʋdʋnpɔɔ (tree) · eo buterarbo (tree) · gur tã'aŋa (tree) · ajg ayɔ (tree) · cmn 乳油木 (tree) · pt carité (tree) · cme musɛ̃lle (fruit) · ru де́рево Ши (tree) · mql càǹbù (tree) · lt afrikinis sviestmedis (tree) · dri rìgá̱ (tree) · gux sànkááli (fruit) · bib kur (tree) · sxw limikun (fruit) · bwu cham (tree) · ff kaareehi (tree) · dyu sisun (tree) · fi voipuun pähkinä (fruit) · ade dɩdɩnpɔ (tree) · kbp sʋŋgbaɖʋʋ (fruit) · ff haareere (fruit) · dyi letige (tree) · ff holoore (fruit) · ncu kuroŋku (tree) · gux sàànbu (tree) · bwu bakesing (fruit) · dyu sikɔlɔ (fruit) · dyi logolo (fruit) · sv sheanötsträd (tree) · xsm baguə (fruit) · ncu ke̱le̱ŋpɔ (fruit) · tuz viiri (fruit) · tuz mũsũɔ̃gu (tree) · mos taanga (tree) · dyu kɔlɔ (fruit) · ha kaɗanya (tree) · kbp cʋnɛ (fruit) · sxw limitin (tree) · dyi logombyɔ (fruit) · mos zũunfu (fruit) · es karité (tree) · xsm sɩʋ (fruit) · ncu kigyamuree (fruit) · ife ɛmɛ (tree) · bwu jigsidi (fruit) · it karité (tree) · nl Sheaboom (tree) · xsm sɔŋɔ (tree) · fi voipuu (tree) · ja シアーバターノキ (tree) · fr karité (tree) · bwu pileri (fruit) · sv sheanöt (fruit) · dyi lopɛrɛgɛ (fruit) · ife kpótsa (fruit) · ncu kigyamwee (fruit) · ahs ijajar (tree) · gux sànkpèbu (fruit) · bm kɔlɔ (fruit) · gux sàngbángu (fruit) · dag taani (fruit)