jequirity

English

jequirity, Abrus precatorius

Etymology

From French jéqwirity, from Tupi-Guarani jekirití. Alternatively, from Portuguese jequiriti, jequirití, perhaps of Indic origin; akin to Hindi रत्ती (rattī, “ratti”).

Noun

jequirity (uncountable)

1. Abrus precatorius, a legume native to Indonesia with long, pinnate-leafleted leaves, whose toxic seeds ("jequirity beans") may be used as beads or in percussion instruments.

   Synonyms: crab's eye, Indian licorice, rosary pea

Translations

Abrus precatorius

• Arabic: عَيْن الدِيك m (ʕayn ad-dīk), عَيْن الْجِنّ m (ʕayn al-jinn), عَيْن الْعِفْرِيت m (ʕayn al-ʕifrīt), شَشَم m (šašam)
• Balinese: saga
• Bengali: কুঁচ গাছ (kũc gach), কৃষ্ণলা (kriśnôla), গুঞ্জা (bn) (gunja), রক্তিকা (roktika)
• Burmese: ချင်ရွေး (my) (hkyang-rwe:), ရွေး (my) (rwe:), ရွေးကလေး (my) (rwe:ka.le:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 相思子 (zh) (xiāngsīzi)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: paternosterpapu (fi)
• French: pois rouge (fr) m, liane réglisse (fr) f
• German: Paternostererbse f
• Indonesian: saga (id)
• Japanese: トウアズキ (tō-azuki)
• Javanese: saga (jv)

  Old Javanese: saga

• Malay: saga (ms)
• Malayalam: കുന്നി (ml) (kunni)
• Portuguese: jequiriti m
• Russian: чёточник моли́твенный m (čótočnik molítvennyj), чёточник m (čótočnik)
• Sanskrit: कुञ्चिका (sa) f (kuñcikā)
• Sasak: saga
• Sundanese: saga (su)
• Swedish: paternosterböna (sv) c
• Tamil: குன்றிமணி (ta) (kuṉṟimaṇi)

See also

• See Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Abrus Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (M.M.P.N.D) - A Work in Progress. School of Agriculture and Food Systems. Faculty of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia.