puluko betel: k.o. leafy vine (Piperaceae) / betel leaves, picked [...]

1. • betel: k.o. leafy vine (Piperaceae)
   • • Bot

   Scientific Name

   Piper betle

   • • Example 2146:
       

       uie puluko

       [betel leaves] k.o. fish

2. • betel leaves, picked (~kidi) in numbers, and chewed (~kanu) in combination with Areca nuts (buioe) and lime (awo)

   Sense Comment

   hence

   • • Example 164:
       

       Lai-au jebute, la-kidi puluko ada, lai-ali buioe ada, la-kamai ponu.

       They went to harvest some taros, pinch off some betel leaves, pick some areca nuts, and came back.

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S4

Related entries

• See also:
  • enaka ‘my’: 1sg form of possessive classifier for Food, Tools and Customary practices / classifier for items eaten, or meant to be eaten, by the possessor; incl. items to be chewed / classifier for items drunk, or meant to be drunk, by the possessor / classifier for objects related to food acquisition and preparation / general classifier for containers, instruments and tools / classifier for certain customary practices / classifier for language (piene) / classifier for some modern items / erotic delicacy; beloved, darling
  • ~kanu¹ chew ‹s.th.›, esp. areca nut (buioe)