The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*tubah a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish: Derris elliptica

PAN tubah a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish: Derris elliptica ⇫

Form.
Saisiyat ta-tobaʔ fish poison
Pazeh ta-tuba Derris poison (a type of vine whose roots are beaten and its poisonous sap is let flow in the stream to catch paralyzed fishes)
WMP
Itbayaten tova a species of plant, vine, used for method of fishing by means of suffocation
Isneg túba the croton, Croton tiglium L., the source of croton oil; its fruits and, in some districts, it pounded leaves are used as a poison for stypefying fish
Ifugaw tūba a cultivated bush, Meliaceae Dysoxylam; fruit of the bush, used as a poison for catching fish
túba the green fruit of the liana also called : Jatropha curcas L. (Euph.); fruits are used to envenom (more or less) fishes ... so that they may be easily caught
Kankanaey túba a name applied to several plants used to poison fish
Ifugaw (Batad) tūba a cultivated bush, Meliaceae Dysoxylam; fruit of the bush, used as a poison for catching fish
Ibaloy toba a kind of shrub; its leaves, fruit and roots are poisonous and are pounded in slow-moving water to intoxicate (disorient) the fish and make them easy to catch
Casiguran Dumagat tube croton-oil plant, Croton tiglium (a small tree, the pods are pulverized and used to poison fish; when put in the water the fish are drugged, and then easily caught)
Ilokano túba fish poison, Croton sp. plant
Ayta Abellan tobah a species of shrub from the seeds of which croton oil is extracted
Tagalog túba a species of shrub from the seeds of which croton oil is extracted; this oil is used for medicinal purposes and also as a fish poison
Romblomanon tūba a tuba shrub or seed, Croton tiglium (Linn.); oil from the seeds is used medicinally and as a fish poison
Aklanon tuba shrub, nut, medicinal: Jatropha curcas L.
Agutaynen toba a kind of tree whose root can be used to blind or poison fish around rocks in shallow water and cause them to come to the surface
Cebuano túba-túba kind of shrub, the leaves of which are used as a poultice and the seeds of which produce oil for soap: Jatropha curcas
túba kind of croton plant: Croton tiglium
Binukid tuba kind of vine (the roots of which are decocted into a poison for fish)
Maranao toa Derris elliptica /Roxb./ Benth., plant used to poison fish; poison
Manobo (Western Bukidnon) tuva a vine or tree of the genus Derris; the roots in decoction are used as a fish poison and the poison is also drunk as a means of suicide
Palauan dub bomb; dynamite; tree in legume family whose leaves and roots are used as poison to catch fish; vine in Legume family (whose roots are used as poison to catch fish)
Mansaka toba to poison, as fish
Tombonuwo tuwo poison for fish
Kadazan Dusun po-nuba-an (place where to) poison fish with
ko-tuba-an act of poisoning with
tubo the root of a poisonous creeper (used for poisoning fish)
Ida'an Begak tubo to poison prawns or fish
Murut (Timugon) tuwo nu sopuŋ poison from tree root to poison freshwater catfish
pan-tuwa-an time, place, or reason for poisoning oneself, for committing suicide by poisoning
tuwo poison, Derris root
ma-tuwo able to be poisoned
Lun Dayeh tubeh fishing poison; varieties include: (cactus); , , (trees); , , , , , (roots); (vine)
tuba-ʔ ask someone to fish by poisoning the river
Kiput tubih fish poison, Derris elliptica
Berawan (Long Terawan) tukkih fish poison, Derris elliptica
Acehnese tuba poison, venom
tuba jinu ~ tuba jɯnu a poisonous root-sap used to stun fish (so that they can easily be caught)
Bintulu tuva fish poison, Derris elliptica
Sa'ban bbəh a plant with roots that are pounded and mixed with river water to immobilize fish: Derris elliptica
Kenyah tuba a root used for poisoning (esp. fish)
Kelabit tubəh a vine and the poison from its root used to stun fish: Derris elliptica
Sangir tuwa kind of poisonous plant in two varieties; the ripe fruits, like those of the (Milettia servicea) are used to stun fish; the red variety is stronger than the white
Melanau (Mukah) tuba a plant, Derris elliptica
Simalur tufa a plant, Derris elliptica and (fish) poison from its roots
Toba Batak tuba plant with poisonous roots used to stun fish
tuba tihus rat poison, arsenic
Karo Batak tuba name of various toxin-producing plants yielding fish poison, Xanthoxylum spp, fam. Rutaceae
Iban tubai plants with poisonous juice used esp. to stupefy fish; is one of the gifts made to mankind by the snake deities of Panggau; plants include Derris spp.: Derris malaccensis Prain, D. elegans Benth., D. thyrsiflora Benth., D. elliptica Benth., D. trifoliate Lour. (D. uliginosa Benth.); Diospyros spp. (trees, ... of which unripe fruit is used; Croton spp.; Diospyros spp. (yam climbers – tubers used); Calophyllum muscigerum Boerl. et Koord.; Barringtonia spp.; Linostoma pauciflora Griff. (shrub?); Blumea balsamifera Ham., Sapium indicum Willd. (coastal tree), and others; a little fresh root crushed in a cup of water will kill a man if he drinks it; a large scale -fishing is a social occasion under an organizer
Malay tuba fish-poison; vegetable matter for stupefying fish and causing them to rise to the surface where they are easily caught; the commonest is , a watery extract from the root of Derris elliptica, but the number of these runs into hundreds
tuba tikus ratsbane; white arsenic
Bukat tuvə derris root fish poison
Tontemboan tuwa a tree, the leaves of which are used to stun fish: Calophyllum inophyllum
Nias tuwa a poisonous creeper used to stupefy fish in the water
Kaidipang tubo kind of plant used to poison fish
tubo kind of plant used to immobilize fish
Dampelas tuba poison
Mongondow tuba a plant the roots of which are used to poison fish
Kayan tuvaʔ plants used for poisoning fish in rivers
Mentawai tuba a plant, Derris elliptica, Leguminosae, the sap of which is used as a poison to stun and catch fish; fish caught in this way
Ngaju Dayak tuwæ name of two types of creepers, the with broad leaves, and the with narrow leaves; the pounded roots are placed in a large pot of water and allowed to sit for awhile, and the mixture is then poured into a small stream that has been closed off at one end; about an hour later all the fish float to the surface in a torpid state so that they can easily be caught by hand; many of these fish die, but they can nevertheless be eaten without ill effect to people
Bare'e tuwa a creeper: Derris elliptica; sap from its roots is used to stun fish
Tae' tua a creeper the roots of which are pounded fine to yield a sap used to stun fish; to stun fish with this poison, Derris elliptica
Muna tuwa kind of creeper, the roots of which are used to stun fish (Derris elliptica); to catch fish using this root
Makassarese tua kind of plant with roots from which a an intoxicant is prepared
at-tua to catch fish with the use of
Sundanese tuwa name of a root with stupefying powers (much used to stun fish and so make them easy to catch by hand)
Old Javanese tuba a fish-poison
Javanese tuba fish poison
di-tuba caught with fish poison
Balinese tuba a plant having intoxicating sap which is used to make animals unconscious; put into still water it stuns fish
Sasak tua name of various poisonous plants (some of the Derris type) the roots of which are used to stun fish and so catch them
Proto-Minahasan tuba plant used as fish poison
Bikol túba plant sp. possessing a leaf stem which may be used as a laxative, and seeds from which an oil may be extracted effective in killing or stunning fish
tubá-an to poison a river with this oil; the fish caught in such a way
CMP
Buruese tufa fish poison; to poison fish using poison (intr.); to poison with such a vine
tufa-h to poison fish using poison (tr.)
Asilulu tuha kind of vine, Derris elliptica Benth., the root of which is used as a medicine and fish poison
Leti tuwa plant used to stun fish: Derris elliptica
Rembong tuwa plant which yields a poison used to stun fish: Croton tiglium
Manggarai tuwa Croton tiglium, a plant with leaves and fruit that are pounded and spread in still water to stun fish
Bimanese dua fish poison; to poison fish
Ngadha tuva a plant used to poison fish
Tetun tuha a creeping plant whose bark and roots are put into water to stun fish
Kambera tuwa creeper with poisonous roots used to stun fish (Derris elliptica); to stun fish with this poison (several types)
Rotinese iʔa tufa fish that are caught by -fishing
tufa a certain plant the roots of which are used to stupefy fish; to use this plant to stun fish and thereby catch them

POC tupa₂ fish poison: Derris spp. ⇫

OC
Chuukese wúp to fish with fish poison
wúúp a vine, Derris elliptica; its roots and stems are used for fish poison, and the long vine is used as a rope to haul logs
Ere tuh vine (generic)
Bali (Uneapa) tuva plant with root that is pounded and mixed with water to stun fish: Derris elliptica
Lusi tuva fish poison
Lakalai la-tuva a vine (Cassytha filiformis)
Bugotu tuva a creeper used for poisoning fish; to poison fish
Kilivila tuva poisonous root used for fishing
Nggela tuva a species of plant used for poisoning fish
Molima tuva Derris
tuva-i to use Derris to poison fish
Sa'a uhe a strong ground creeper used in tying, with bitter juice; scraped and used to poison fish
Ulawa uha a strong ground creeper used in tying; used in the incantations as a metaphor for magical power
Motu tuha the dynamite plant, the leaves and roots of which are used to stupefy fish (Derris uliginosa)
Wedau tuva creeper whose roots are used in killing fish; dynamite
Arosi uha a species of creeper
Tubetube tuva poison vine used to kill fish
Rotuman fuha a creeper whose stems and leaves are used for stupefying fish ... Another kind of creeper, said to have been brought from New Guinea and known as , is used for the same purpose with better results; another fish poison is made from the fruit of the (Barringtonia) tree
Wayan tu-tuva to poison fish, go fish-poisoning
tuva vine taxon: generic: includes species of Derris (Leguminoseae), scrambling or climbing plants with pinnate leaves, which are crushed and used to poison reef fish
tuva-ni poison something with Derris juice
Fijian duva two plants: (1) Couthovia corynocarpa, Loganiaceae, and (2) a plant used for poisoning fish, Derris trifoliate, Leguminoseae; to poison fish
Tolai tuva ~ tua species of vine
Proto-Micronesian [tT]upa fish poison

PWMP ma-nuba to stupefy fish with natural plant poisons ⇫

WMP
Isneg ma-núba to use (Croton tiglium L.) for stupefying fish
Ibaloy me-noba to use in fishing
Agutaynen ma-noba to catch fish using the sap from the root of the tree
Palauan mə-lub to bomb, bombard, dynamite
Kadazan Dusun mo-nubo to poison with
Ida'an Begak mə-nubo to poison prawns or fish
Murut (Timugon) ma-nuwo to poison (as a rat)
Lun Dayeh nubeh to poison fish
Kiput nubih to stun fish by spreading pulverized Derris root in the river
Kenyah nuba to catch fish with sap
Simalur ma-nufa-e to stupefy fish with
Toba Batak ma-nuba to fish with
Nias ma-nuwa to poison fish with
Kayan nuvaʔ to poison fish with plant poisons
Ngaju Dayak ma-nuwæ to catch fish with
Bare'e mo-nuwa to stun fish with
Sundanese nuwa to treat with
Balinese nuba to stun fish with

PMP pa-tuba to stun fish with plant poisons ⇫

WMP
Kayan pe-tuvaʔ to catch fish by poisoning the water with root
CMP
Kambera pa-tuwa to stun fish with a pounded extract from the roots of Derris elliptica

PWMP t<in>uba was poisoned by Derris root ⇫

WMP
Palauan d<əl>úb was bombed, was dynamited
Lun Dayeh t<in>ubeh poisoned with fish poison by someone
Kiput t<ən>ubih was stunned by poison, of fish
Tontemboan t<in>uwa what is poisoned with (name of two rivers in Tontemboan country)

PAN t<um>uba to stun fish with plant poison ⇫

Form.
Saisiyat t<om>obaʔ to poison fish (a fishing method)
Pazeh mu-tuba to catch fish with Derris poison
WMP
Ida'an Begak t<əm>ubo to poison prawns or fish
Acehnese t<ɯm>uba to catch fish by stunning them with

PWMP tuba-en to stun fish with plant poison ⇫

WMP
Ilokano tuba-en to poison fish in the water
Kadazan Dusun tubo-on be poisoned with
Murut (Timugon) tuwo-on be poisoned by someone
Lun Dayeh tube-n will poison with
Balinese tuba-hin to be poisoned with
Bikol tubá-on to catch fish with