one¹ lipstick tree, a domesticated shrub with a fruit containing red [...]

• • lipstick tree, a domesticated shrub with a fruit containing red dyestuff used for painting bodies
  • • plants

  Scientific Name

  bixa orellana

  • • Example 5127:
      

      One. O naono vai o sii rutaa naono koa to nebaneba ria ta vaan. A vua nae na gogooravi nana, potee bono one vai to gono nao raara tea Rotokas.

      This plant is just a little shrub that the people plant. Its fruit are red, like the red clay that we get from the Rotokas people.

      Source: Aro Sha Joy 01W 090-093

    • Example 5128:
      

      A vua nae na vabun ni ria tavaan tea maa hagi bara beori paku bona maa taatate.

      The people use its fruit for painting themselves for dances and when they practice some customs.

      Source: Aro Sha Joy 01W 094-095

    • Example 5129:
      

      O naono nae o asiasi vamataa.

      Its wood burns well.

      Source: Aro Sha Joy 01W 096

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• See also:
  • one² red clay; red paint or dye processed from red clay, commonly found in the Rotakasi area and stored in clean, dried bamboo. It is sold to the coastal people (mainly the Teop people) and is used for decoration of the hair and faces in preparation for cultural dances and feasts.
  • vabun ni paint oneself with something; use something to paint oneself