moabi

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English

moabi

Etymology

Borrowed from certain Gabonese or Congolese Bantu (cf. Sira moabi, Barama moabi, Vumbu moabi, Punu moabi, Lumbu moabi, Loango moabi, Sangu (Gabon) moabi, Ngubi moabi, Duma muyabi, Ibhili muyavi, Njebi muyèbi, moyabi, muyabi, Vili moabi, Yombe moabi, Yaa moyabi, muyabi, Teke-Laali moyabi, muyabi).[1][2]

Noun

moabi

  1. Baillonella toxisperma, a species of tree found throughout subtropical forests of Africa, used for its oil.
    Synonyms: African pearwood, djave nut
    • 2009 January 29, Daniel J. Wakin, “Musicians Hear Heaven in Tully Hall’s New Sound”, in New York Times‎:
      The inside walls are sheathed in an amber-colored veneer about the thickness of two sheets of paper, cut from a single log of an African moabi tree.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Raponda-Walker, André, Sillans, Roger (1961) Les plantes utiles du Gabon‎ (in French), Paris: Paul Lechevalier, page 395
  2. ^ Bouquet, Armand (1969) Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville) (Mémoires O.R.S.T.O.M. ; 36)‎ (in French), Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M., page 224

Further reading

Lumbu

Noun

moabi

  1. moabi (Baillonella toxisperma, syn. Mimusops djave)

Further reading

  • Raponda-Walker, André, Sillans, Roger (1961) Les plantes utiles du Gabon‎ (in French), Paris: Paul Lechevalier, page 395
  • Bouquet, Armand (1969) Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville) (Mémoires O.R.S.T.O.M. ; 36)‎ (in French), Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M., page 224

Punu

Noun

moabi

  1. moabi (Baillonella toxisperma, syn. Mimusops djave)

Further reading

  • Raponda-Walker, André, Sillans, Roger (1961) Les plantes utiles du Gabon‎ (in French), Paris: Paul Lechevalier, page 395
  • Bouquet, Armand (1969) Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville) (Mémoires O.R.S.T.O.M. ; 36)‎ (in French), Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M., page 224

Vili

Noun

moabi

  1. moabi (Baillonella toxisperma)

Further reading

  • Bouquet, Armand (1969) Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville) (Mémoires O.R.S.T.O.M. ; 36)‎ (in French), Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M., page 224

Yombe

Noun

moabi

  1. Alternative form of mwabi
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