moabi
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from certain Gabonese or Congolese Bantu (cf. Sira moabi, Barama moabi, Vumbu moabi, Punu moabi, Lumbu moabi, Loango moabi, Sangu (Gabon) moabi, Ngubi moabi, Duma muyabi, Ibhili muyavi, Njebi muyèbi, moyabi, muyabi, Vili moabi, Yombe moabi, Yaa moyabi, muyabi, Teke-Laali moyabi, muyabi).[1][2]
Noun
[edit]moabi
- Baillonella toxisperma, a species of tree found throughout subtropical forests of Africa, used for its oil.
- Synonyms: African pearwood, djave nut
- 2009 January 29, Daniel J. Wakin, “Musicians Hear Heaven in Tully Hall’s New Sound”, in New York Times[3]:
- The inside walls are sheathed in an amber-colored veneer about the thickness of two sheets of paper, cut from a single log of an African moabi tree.
Translations
[edit]Baillonella toxisperma
References
[edit]- ^ Raponda-Walker, André, Sillans, Roger (1961) Les plantes utiles du Gabon[1] (in French), Paris: Paul Lechevalier, page 395
- ^ Bouquet, Armand (1969) Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville) (Mémoires O.R.S.T.O.M. ; 36)[2] (in French), Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M., page 224
Further reading
[edit]- Baillonella toxisperma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Baillonella toxisperma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Baillonella toxisperma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Lumbu
[edit]Noun
[edit]moabi
Further reading
[edit]- Raponda-Walker, André, Sillans, Roger (1961) Les plantes utiles du Gabon[4] (in French), Paris: Paul Lechevalier, page 395
- Bouquet, Armand (1969) Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville) (Mémoires O.R.S.T.O.M. ; 36)[5] (in French), Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M., page 224
Punu
[edit]Noun
[edit]moabi
Further reading
[edit]- Raponda-Walker, André, Sillans, Roger (1961) Les plantes utiles du Gabon[6] (in French), Paris: Paul Lechevalier, page 395
- Bouquet, Armand (1969) Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville) (Mémoires O.R.S.T.O.M. ; 36)[7] (in French), Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M., page 224
Vili
[edit]Noun
[edit]moabi
Further reading
[edit]- Bouquet, Armand (1969) Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville) (Mémoires O.R.S.T.O.M. ; 36)[8] (in French), Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M., page 224
Yombe
[edit]Noun
[edit]moabi
- Alternative form of mwabi
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