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nartjie S. Afr.|ˈnɑːtʃɪ, ˈnarci|
Also naartj(i)e, naatje(e), naretje.
[Afrikaans, f. Tamil nārattai citrus.]
The tangerine or mandarin orange. Also attrib. and transf.
1790E. Helme tr. Le Vaillant's Trav. Afr. I. ii. 23 The citrus and oranges (specially the sort called naretyes [sic]) are excellent. 1796tr. Le Vaillant's New Travels I. 190 There ia a kind of orange..called at the Cape naretjes, which, notwithstanding the smallness of its size, is sold at a higher rate. 1870Cape Monthly Mag. Oct. 219 The ‘nartjie’, a dwarf orange. 1890A. Martin Home Life Ostrich Farm xi. 211 Dutchmen..often bringing with them very good onions, oranges, naatjes or mandarines, nuts, dried peaches and figs. 1908Westm. Gaz. 14 Aug. 4/3 The only orange now on the market here is the Cape ‘naatjee’. 1909Daily Chron. 15 June 4/3 The little Tangerine..and its bigger relative the Mandarin are called Naartjes in Natal. 1923Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 269/2 Oranges, nartjes and grape-fruit ripen during June, July and August. 1937S. Cloete Turning Wheels iii. 46 Others handled the seeds they had brought with them—..the pips of nartjes. Ibid. xiii. 210 Martha, your heart is like a naartjie. 1947[see dennebol]. 1949A. Wilson Wrong Set 41 Oranges of all sizes..from the tiny nartjies, through tangerines and green mandarins to the great navel oranges. 1953N. Gordimer Lying Days iii. xxvii. 276 ‘You've been eating a naartje,’ I said. 1966E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo ii. 33 Fanny's pot⁓roasted venison and pou, her van der Hum made of brandy, syrup and naartjie peel, her pickled peaches,..are still remembered. 1967Punch 5 July 17/1 Accept and enjoy a naartje off the tree. 1970Rand Daily Mail 28 Feb. 7/4 Many South African words of Dutch or Afrikaans origin are now part of English usage even in other countries—..naartjie and mealie. 1971Sunday Express (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. 11/4 Couldn't the orange [of air-hostesses' uniforms] be toned down a little and the blue be slightly deeper? No wonder the poor girls are referred to as naartjies. 1972D. Francis Smokescreen vii. 85 The naartjies turned out to be like large lumpy tangerines with green patches on the skin. 1974Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 28 July 4/2 The record for the number of naartjies and oranges brought into the ground by spectators is held jointly by Ellis Park, Loftus Versfeld and Kings Park, a total of 200,000 citric fruit units being introduced at each ground. 1975Darling (S. Afr.) 9 Apr. 95 You only feel a naartjie riding in the back of a truck with three drums of pig swill and a stack of moulting lucerne bales for company. |
