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Home Dictionaries Kuku Yalanjiyangka

Kuku Yalanji

yangka

/ˈjaŋɡa/

gloss “green ant”

Fauna · insect

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green ant. There are used as a medecine for the common cold and other chest complaints. They can be crushed and the odour inhaled to cure headache; or the eggs, larvae, and pupae from the nexts can be mixed with salt water and taken

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green ant

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Prose records medicinal use of green ants: crushed and inhaled for headache or cold, or eggs/larvae/pupae mixed with salt water and taken.

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biyangkal

yam, which must be first roasted, then ground, then leached for a couple huors in many changes of water before it can be safely eaten

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