κολοκασι

English translation: taro

20:52 Nov 28, 2008
Greek to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary
Greek term or phrase: κολοκασι
food made with a vegetable
dina
English translation:taro
Explanation:
Κολοκάσι is the greek name for Taro, a vegetable grown for it's corm. It's scientific name is Colocasia esculenta.



--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs (2008-11-28 23:08:06 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Λέγεται επίσης και Dasheen (ή Ντασίν στα ελληνικά)
http://infolab.aua.gr/tropicalproduce/gr/dasheen.html
Selected response from:

maria ef
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:59
Grading comment
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +7taro
maria ef
5 +1Jerusalem artichoke
Nick Lingris
4 -1artichoke
Ellen Kraus


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
artichoke


Explanation:
I am pretty sure

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 Min. (2008-11-28 20:59:40 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Artichoke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - [ Diese Seite übersetzen ]The Globe Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) [1] is a perennial thistle originating in southern Europe around the Mediterranean. It grows to 1.5-2 m tall, ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artichoke - 49k - Im Cache - Ähnliche Seiten
Artischocke, Cynara scolymus, artichoke, globe artichoke ...Die Artischocke gehört zur botanischen Familie der Korbblütler (bot.: Compositae , Asteraceae). Sie ist ein Blütengemüse. Das Ursprungsland der Artischocke ...


Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 07:59
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Danae Lucia Ferri: Κολοκάσι is definitely not the same as artichoke. / I am saying that because I have eaten κολοκάσι.
18 hrs
  -> pls. see Diccionario Griego-Ingles, but also other dictionaries translate kolokasi as Jerusalem artichoke or (less frequently) taro.
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
κολοκάσι
Jerusalem artichoke


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_artichoke

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 7 mins (2008-11-28 20:59:54 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

The food, in the plural.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 19 mins (2008-11-28 21:12:12 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

This is κολοκάσι:
http://www.rodosport.gr/gallery/displayimage.php?album=19&po...
From the Wikipedia entry:
The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), also called the sunroot or sunchoke or earth apple or topinambur, is a species of sunflower native to the eastern United States, from Maine west to North Dakota, and south to northern Florida and Texas.[1] It is also cultivated widely across the temperate world for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable.
...
Despite its name, the Jerusalem artichoke has no relation to Jerusalem, and it is not a type of artichoke, though they are in the same family.


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2008-11-28 22:13:06 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Ωραίος πονοκέφαλος!
Ο Πάπυρος στο τάρο δεν λέει τίποτα για κολοκάσι και στον Ηλίανθο, όταν φτάνει στο tuberosus, μιλάει για κολοκάσια. "Το είδος αυτό καλλιεργείται κυρίως στην Κύπρο και, σε μικρή κλίμακα, στην Ελλάδα για τους κονδύλους του, γνωστούς ως "κολοκάσι(ν)".
Οι φωτογραφίες δεν βοηθούν:
Αυτά είναι κολοκάσια:
http://www.rodosport.gr/gallery/displayimage.php?album=19&po...
http://kakomoutsounos.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post_07.html
Αυτά είναι τάρο:
http://img.alibaba.com/photo/51581734/Fresh_Taro_Dasheen_.jp...
Αυτά είναι Jerusalem artichokes:
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/knowhow/glossary/jerusale...
Μπερδεμένοι είναι και άλλοι:
http://my.telegraph.co.uk/john_akritas/blog/2008/03/29/the_h...
Recently, however, I was told by my aunt, who is English that kolokasi is in fact Jerusalem artichoke... With this new-found enthusiasm for the humble kolokasi, I decided to do more research into it I googled it and discovered that… I was misinformed. Kolokasi and the Jerusalem artichoke are not one and the same. Kolokasi is actually taro which I'd never heard of before and that what I'd made wasn't Jerusalem artichoke soup, but taro soup.

Σηκώνω τα χέρια ψηλά. Το Υπουργείο Γεωργίας σε βοήθειά μας.


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2008-11-28 22:47:13 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Η εφημερίδα των Ευρωπαϊκών Κοινοτήτων (σελ. 7) θεωρεί ότι τα κολοκάσια είναι Jerusalem artichokes.
http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sfp/ph_ps/pest/legislation/lqp_p...
http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sfp/ph_ps/pest/legislation/lqp_p...
Οι Κύπριοι θεωρούν ότι το κολοκάσι είναι taro.
Ίσως τελικά να εξαρτάται από πού ψωνίζει ο καθένας...

Nick Lingris
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:59
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ellen Kraus: this plant is so widely spread and known in Europe that nobody would add in order to refer to its origin
2 mins
  -> If you have seen κολοκάσι, tell me if it looks like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artichoke or this http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Αγκινάρα

agree  Mario Partassas
11 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
taro


Explanation:
Κολοκάσι is the greek name for Taro, a vegetable grown for it's corm. It's scientific name is Colocasia esculenta.



--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs (2008-11-28 23:08:06 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Λέγεται επίσης και Dasheen (ή Ντασίν στα ελληνικά)
http://infolab.aua.gr/tropicalproduce/gr/dasheen.html



    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro
    Reference: http://ivys-household-recipes-advice.blogspot.com/2007/11/bl...
maria ef
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 2
Notes to answerer
Asker: The african and the south american taro is very different but maybe they are in the same family. thanks though dina


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nektaria Notaridou
55 mins
  -> ευχαριστώ πολύ

agree  socratisv
1 hr
  -> ευχαριστώ πολύ

agree  Nick Lingris: Αυτό που περιγράφει εδώ http://errata-culinaria.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html είναι σίγουρα taro.
2 hrs
  -> H αλήθεια είναι ότι υπάρχουν πολλές αναφορές και στο Jerusalem artichoke. Αν δεν το είχα αγοράσει (ήθελα να μαγειρέψω κάτι μετά μανίας), θα είχα μπερδευτεί και πάλι. Ευχαριστώ για το σύνδεσμο.

agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
3 hrs
  -> Ευχαριστώ!

agree  Assimina Vavoula
9 hrs

agree  Danae Lucia Ferri
18 hrs

agree  Krisztina Lelik
2 days 13 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.


See also:
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search