6.2.5 Harvest

Use this domain for words related to harvesting crops. If there is an important crop and there are a lot of words that refer to harvesting it, set up a special domain for it, such as 'Harvest rice' or 'Harvest coconuts'. If there is more than one such crop, set up a separate domain for each of them.

  • What words refer to harvesting?
    harvest, reap, gather in the harvest
  • What special words are used for harvesting each crop?
    harvest maize, harvest rice, harvest yams, harvest beans, pick fruit, pluck an apple, dig potatoes, pull carrots, cut vegetables
  • What words refer to what is harvested?
    crop, harvest, yield
  • What tools and machines are used to harvest crops?
    harvester
  • What is done to a field after the crops are harvested?
    lie fallow, animals graze, plow under plants
  • What words describe a crop that is ready to harvest?
    ripe
  • What words refer to the time of harvest?
    harvest, harvest time
  • 6.2.5.1 First fruits

    Use this domain for words referring to the first fruits or crops to be harvested.

  • What words refer to the first fruits to be harvested?
    first fruits, eat first of new crops
  • 6.2.5.2 Crop failure

    Use this domain for words related to crop failure.

  • What words refer to crop failure?
    crop failure, poor harvest
  • What causes crop failure?
    drought, blight, disease, locusts, insect plague, storm, exhausted soil, bad seed
  • What results from crop failure?
    famine, lean times
  • 6.2.5.3 Gather wild plants

    Use this domain for words related to gathering wild plants. In a hunter-gatherer culture this domain might need to be extensively developed.

  • What words refer to gathering wild plants?
    gather, collect, pick (berries)
  • 6.2.5.4 Plant product

    Use this domain for words referring to materials and substances that are taken from plants and used for various purposes. It is necessary to think through various types of plants to think of what materials are taken from each.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    6S Plant Products
    3F Wood and Wood Products
  • What plant products are used for building?
    wood
  • What plant products are used for the roof of a building?
    thatch, shingle
  • What plant products are used for fibers, thread, and rope?
    hemp, cotton
  • What plant products are used for chemicals?
    sap, rubber
  • What plant products are used for burning?
    firewood