yibuy

/ˈjibuj/

gloss “loya cane”

Flora · plant

loya cane. Also walking stick made from the loya cane. The roots were used to make the walking stick.

loya cane

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Kuku-Yalanji Dictionary (1982)

The headword and meaning trace to the Kuku-Yalanji dictionary compiled by Henry and Ruth Hershberger with major Kuku Yalanji contributors.

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Major contributors include Toby Bloomfield, Roy Friday, Billy Roberts, Hector and Doris Sykes, Joe Walker, and people who lived at Jajikal in Ayton.

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Loya cane; the prose notes its roots were used to make walking sticks (an artefact sense is also recorded).