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aha
/ʔaga/
n.
“aha_tree”
 
n.
a wild small black skin tree with wide leaves.
Wrd.Gloss: aha_tree
Cult. The bark (luwit) is used for clothing. A Y section of the tree is cut out and beaten all around with a stick to loosen the bark. Then the timber is carefully pulled out of the bark. This leaves a pair of fully-formed bark trousers complete with two legs and a section for the trunk.
Mahebu ne kayu ka aha, sika ka kenè egkaayun ne igsungkaleg.
Aha is soft kind of tree that's why it is not good for post.
Eng. tree variety, aha
OCM: Flora (137)
DDP: Tree (1.5.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: RT

Updated by: RJH,QDL,QDL,NJK,QDL
Last updated: 25/Nov/2009