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Thanks! In Gujarati we call it "meettho limdo" or sweet neem. It is dark green but not black (except when left in the 'frig for a few days or on the plant when

by bakul 4y ago

Thanks! In Gujarati we call it "meettho limdo" or sweet neem. It is dark green but not black (except when left in the 'frig for a few days or on the plant when it is sick!).

dagmx 4y ago
There’s some possible history further back in our languages where kala might have meant darker not just black. Similarly the etymology of Krishna (the deity) is both considered “dark” or “black” depending on whom you ask. I suspect it may be a case where our languages at the time didn’t need to delineate between black and a dark colour. Tone/shade was a relative unlike hue.