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hol mwan cf: hul.
v carry fire Mon (sem. domains: 4.3.6.6 Pull, draw, drag (L&N 15.Y), 4.3.6.5 Carry, bear (L&N 15.X).)
garau mwan
castor-oil plant [Grows wild, but has also been domesticated. The container of the fruit, while still green,is poisonous. Oil is of medicinal use. Oil is processed from the seed of the dried fruit.The leaves are ground and rubbed on burns. Oil seed is burnt and its ash is used to treatfresh wounds. Oil fruit is also eaten, in combination with groundnuts and other(unspecified) things to treat a number of sicknesses]Daf (sem. domains: 2.1.3 Plants that are not trees (L&N 03.C).)
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lis ma mwan cf: alis ; ales.
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mwan ti toran
hunters' fire [It is a fire made by friction. It is done by swiftly squeezing a dry stick inside a hole in a piece of wood containing a highlyinflammable cotton-like material called shir ma mwan. The fire is made by experts, as a ritual during community huntingexpeditions. With the fire made by this process they set the bush on fire and it is believed to make them catch a lot of game.]Daf (sem. domains: 1.2.3 Fire (L&N 02.C), 4.16.2 Custom, tradition (L&N 41.B), 3.2 Supernatural Powers (L&N 12.B).)
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mwal i ɗam
n leaf Daf (sem. domains: 2.3.2 Parts of the body (L&N 08.B), 2.1.5 Non-fruit parts of plants (L&N 03.E).)
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mangger cf: bangger.
n needle used for drilling holes in woods and handles San si tor mangger a mwan si ku si bulai nza hwami ti ha? You are stubborn beyond help. [A saying about this type of needle which is always put into fire before using it goes likethis:]Daf (sem. domains: 1.4.8 Miscellaneous artifacts (L&N 06.W).)
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