Terebak

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Busak Luduh
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Translations

Kelabit - English:

terebak - torch ginger plant

busak luduh - torch ginger flower

bua' saleh (sala, salah) - torch ginger fruit

Kelabit - Malay:

terebak - pokok bunga kantan

busak luduh - bunga kantan

bua' saleh (sala, salah) - ?

Encyclopedic info

Scientific name

Etlingera eliator

English

1. Torch Ginger or wild ginger bud describes the pink inflorescences that forms at the end of a stalk and resembles a torch.

Malay

1. Pokok Bunga Kantan ini mengeluarkan sejambak bunga berwana merah jambu yang terletak di hujung tangkai dan menyerupai obor.

Example sentences

Kelabit

1. Busak luduh inih doo' ain tuen ngelened ruyung udung ubih sinutuk me tengayen

English

1. Torch ginger is delicious fried with pounded tapioca leaves or cooked with tengayen soup.

Malay

1. Bunga kantan sedap dimakan bila digoreng dengan daun ubi kayu yang ditumbuk atau dimasak dengan sup tengayen.