poison, venom

Kreemer 1931

a poisonous root-sap used to stun fish (so that they can easily be caught)

Kreemer 1931

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

Caabay et al. 2014

shrub, nut, medicinal: Jatropha curcas L.

Zorc 1969

a species of shrub from the seeds of which croton oil is extracted

a plant having intoxicating sap which is used to make animals unconscious; put into still water it stuns fish

Barber 1979

a creeper: Derris elliptica; sap from its roots is used to stun fish

Adriani 1928

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

Mintz and Britanico 1985

to poison a river with this oil; the fish caught in such a way

Mintz and Britanico 1985

fish poison, Derris elliptica

Blust n.d. (1971)

kind of vine (the roots of which are decocted into a poison for fish)

Post and Gardner 1992

derris root fish poison

Rousseau 1971

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)

Headland and Headland 1974

kind of croton plant: Croton tiglium

Wolff 1972

kind of shrub, the leaves of which are used as a poultice and the seeds of which produce oil for soap: Jatropha curcas

Wolff 1972

poison

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

Ballard 2011

plants with poisonous juice used esp. to stupefy fish; #tubai 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 #tubai-fishing is a social occasion under an organizer (#tuai)

Richards 1981

to poison prawns or fish

a cultivated bush, Meliaceae Dysoxylam; fruit of the #tuba bush, used as a poison for catching fish

Batad

Lambrecht 1978

the green fruit of the liana also called #tuba: Jatropha curcas L. (Euph.); #tuba fruits are used to envenom (more or less) fishes ... so that they may be easily caught

Lambrecht 1978

fish poison, Croton sp. plant

Rubino 2000, Carro 1956

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

Vanoverbergh 1972

a species of plant, vine, used for #kapan’asgaw method of fishing by means of suffocation

Yamada 1976

caught with fish poison

Pigeaud 1938

fish poison

Pigeaud 1938

act of poisoning with #tubo

Antonissen 1958

(place where to) poison fish with #tubo

Antonissen 1958

the root of a poisonous creeper (used for poisoning fish)

Antonissen 1958

kind of plant used to poison fish

kind of plant used to immobilize fish

a name applied to several plants used to poison fish

Vanoverbergh 1933

name of various toxin-producing plants yielding fish poison, Xanthoxylum spp, fam. Rutaceae

Neumann 1951

plants used for poisoning fish in rivers

Southwell 1980

a vine and the poison from its root used to stun fish: Derris elliptica

Blust n.d. (1971)

a root used for poisoning (esp. fish)

Galvin 1967

fish poison, Derris elliptica

Blust n.d. (1971)

ask someone to fish by poisoning the river

Blust n.d. (1971)

fishing poison; varieties include: #tubeh buayeh (cactus); #tubeh enep, #tubeh demacar, #tubeh kutat (trees); #tubeh feladeh, #tubeh falaŋ, #tubeh bilaaʔ buluʔ, #tubeh kayuh yuŋ, #tubeh tebayan, #tubeh fadih (roots); #tubeh war ilaŋ (vine)

Blust n.d. (1971)

to catch fish with the use of #tua

Cense 1979

kind of plant with roots from which a an intoxicant is prepared

Cense 1979

fish-poison; vegetable matter for stupefying fish and causing them to rise to the surface where they are easily caught; the commonest #tuba is #getah akar tuba, a watery extract from the root of Derris elliptica, but the number of these #tuba runs into hundreds

Wilkinson 1959

ratsbane; white arsenic

Wilkinson 1959

to poison, as fish

Svelmoe and Svelmoe 1990

Derris elliptica /Roxb./ Benth., plant used to poison fish; poison

McKaughan and Macaraya 1967

a plant, Derris elliptica

Blust n.d. (1971)

a plant, Derris elliptica, Leguminosae, the sap of which is used as a poison to stun and catch fish; fish caught in this way

Morris 1900

a plant the roots of which are used to poison fish

Dunnebier 1951

kind of creeper, the roots of which are used to stun fish (Derris elliptica); to catch fish using this root

van den Berg 1996

name of two types of creepers, the #t. apoh with broad leaves, and the #t. rurok 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

Hardeland 1859

a poisonous creeper used to stupefy fish in the water

Sundermann 1905

a fish-poison

Zoetmulder 1982

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)

McManus and Josephs 1977

a tuba shrub or seed, Croton tiglium (Linn.); oil from the seeds is used medicinally and as a fish poison

a plant with roots that are pounded and mixed with river water to immobilize fish: Derris elliptica

Blust n.d. (1971)

kind of poisonous plant in two varieties; the ripe fruits, like those of the #lawuo (Milettia servicea) are used to stun fish; the red variety is stronger than the white

Steller and Aebersold 1959

name of various poisonous plants (some of the Derris type) the roots of which are used to stun fish and so catch them

Goris 1938

a plant, Derris elliptica and (fish) poison from its roots

Kähler 1961

name of a root with stupefying powers (much used to stun fish and so make them easy to catch by hand)

Coolsma 1930

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

van der Veen 1940

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

Panganiban 1966

plant with poisonous roots used to stun fish

Warneck 1977

rat poison, arsenic

Warneck 1977

poison for fish

a tree, the leaves of which are used to stun fish: Calophyllum inophyllum

Schwarz 1908

kind of vine, Derris elliptica Benth., the root of which is used as a medicine and fish poison

Collins n.d.

fish poison; to poison fish

Sahidu 1978

fish poison; to poison fish using #tufa poison (intr.); to poison with such a vine

Devin 1989

to poison fish using #tufa poison (tr.)

Devin 1989

creeper with poisonous roots used to stun fish (Derris elliptica); to stun fish with this poison (several types)

Onvlee 1984

plant used to stun fish: Derris elliptica

Jonker 1932

Croton tiglium, a plant with leaves and fruit that are pounded and spread in still water to stun fish

Verheijen 1967-70

a plant used to poison fish

Arndt 1961

plant which yields a poison used to stun fish: Croton tiglium

Verheijen 1977a

fish that are caught by #tufa-fishing

Jonker 1908

a certain plant the roots of which are used to stupefy fish; to use this plant to stun fish and thereby catch them

Jonker 1908

a creeping plant whose bark and roots are put into water to stun fish

Morris 1984

Derris poison (a type of vine whose roots are beaten and its poisonous sap is let flow in the stream to catch paralyzed fishes)

Ferrell 1968

fish poison

Li 1978