gobben.

Brit.

/ˈɡɒbə/, U.S.

/ˈɡɑbə/

Forms:

α. 1700s– gobbe-gobbe, 1800s gobbe gobbe, 1800s gobbegobbe.

β. 1800s gobbe.

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch gobbegobbe.

Etymology: < Dutch gobbegobbe (1704 in the passage translated in quot. 1705) < a language of West Africa (perhaps compare Kongo nguba , Lingala ngúba , both in sense ‘peanut’: see goober n.).Not fully naturalized in English. In β. forms perhaps directly < the Dutch word's etymon.

Now rare.

The edible seed of a tropical leguminous plant, Vigna subterranea, which ripens in pods underground and is either roasted or boiled. Also: the plant itself. Occasionally with plural agreement. Also called Bambara groundnut.The plant is native to West Africa but was brought to South America as a result of the slave trade and is now widely cultivated across sub-Saharan Africa as a food crop.

ΚΠ

1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xvi. 301 Here is also another sort called Gobbe-gobbes [Du. Gobbegobbes], which grow two together in a Cod under the Earth.

1807 T. Martyn Miller's Gardener's & Botanist's Dict. (rev. ed.) I. ii. at Glycine In Surinam it is called Gobbe Gobbe, and is planted there in a sandy soil with the addition of a little Clay.

1853 T. C. Archer Pop. Econ. Bot. 67 This peculiarity is found in another closely-allied genus called Voandzeia, which produces very similar seeds, known in Surinam under the native name Gobbe.

1862 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 806/2 Gobbe,..an annual plant, allied to the kidney-bean.

1895 C. C. Reindorf Hist. Gold Coast & Asante 274 Cassada and beans, especially one called gobbegobbes.., were the principal vegetables they planted.

1910 H. F. Macmillan Handbk. Trop. Gardening & Planting xii. 205 The plant has been carried by the Negro slaves to certain parts of Tropical South America, where it is said to have become naturalised. It is known in Surinam as ‘Gobbe’.

1969 K. B. Dickson Hist. Geogr. of Ghana (1971) iv. 80 The crop referred to as 'gobbe-gobbes' [by W. Bosman] was obviously the groundnut.

1979 D. E. Kay Food Legumes 422 Gobbe—Bambara groundnut.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gobbe
释义	gobben. Brit. /ˈɡɒbə/, U.S. /ˈɡɑbə/ Forms: α. 1700s– gobbe-gobbe, 1800s gobbe gobbe, 1800s gobbegobbe. β. 1800s gobbe. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch gobbegobbe. Etymology: < Dutch gobbegobbe (1704 in the passage translated in quot. 1705) < a language of West Africa (perhaps compare Kongo nguba , Lingala ngúba , both in sense ‘peanut’: see goober n.).Not fully naturalized in English. In β. forms perhaps directly < the Dutch word's etymon. Now rare. The edible seed of a tropical leguminous plant, Vigna subterranea, which ripens in pods underground and is either roasted or boiled. Also: the plant itself. Occasionally with plural agreement. Also called Bambara groundnut.The plant is native to West Africa but was brought to South America as a result of the slave trade and is now widely cultivated across sub-Saharan Africa as a food crop. ΚΠ 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xvi. 301 Here is also another sort called Gobbe-gobbes [Du. Gobbegobbes], which grow two together in a Cod under the Earth. 1807 T. Martyn Miller's Gardener's & Botanist's Dict. (rev. ed.) I. ii. at Glycine In Surinam it is called Gobbe Gobbe, and is planted there in a sandy soil with the addition of a little Clay. 1853 T. C. Archer Pop. Econ. Bot. 67 This peculiarity is found in another closely-allied genus called Voandzeia, which produces very similar seeds, known in Surinam under the native name Gobbe. 1862 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 806/2 Gobbe,..an annual plant, allied to the kidney-bean. 1895 C. C. Reindorf Hist. Gold Coast & Asante 274 Cassada and beans, especially one called gobbegobbes.., were the principal vegetables they planted. 1910 H. F. Macmillan Handbk. Trop. Gardening & Planting xii. 205 The plant has been carried by the Negro slaves to certain parts of Tropical South America, where it is said to have become naturalised. It is known in Surinam as ‘Gobbe’. 1969 K. B. Dickson Hist. Geogr. of Ghana (1971) iv. 80 The crop referred to as 'gobbe-gobbes' [by W. Bosman] was obviously the groundnut. 1979 D. E. Kay Food Legumes 422 Gobbe—Bambara groundnut. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1705
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