OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Stresemann (1918a): Paulohi

Page number: 126

lawani

•  tree bark (especially from Ficus sp. and Broussonetia papyrifera Vent.); men's loincloth made from this material.Baumbast (insbes. von Ficus sp. und Broussonetia papyrifera Vent.); übertr.: der aus diesem Stoff hergestellte Schamgurt der Männer.

Etymology: Proto-Ambon *lawani

ai lawani

•  ko. poison tree.der Giftbaum.

Scientific name: Antiaris toxicaria Lesch