otenga
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Assamese ঔটেঙা (outeṅa).
Noun
otenga
- A flowering evergreen tree of southeastern Asia, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., bearing edible fruits.
- 1836, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. 5, p. 196:
- It is prepared by pounding the root to powder, and mixing it up with the juice of the Otenga tree, to give it tenacity, and make it adhere to the arrow head.
- 1917, Quarterly Journal of the India Tea Association, Part I, p. 11:
- One is Chelta (Dillenia indica), the common Assamese "Otenga", and the other Ping (Cynometra polyandra). Both these trees have hard, heavy woods […].
- 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:
- He kept all the things near the hearth where he had already put some greens, two sour otenga fruits and a bunch of tender curry leaves, along with some dry fire wood.
- 1836, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. 5, p. 196:
Anagrams
Luo
Noun
otenga
References
- ^ Hobley, C. W. (1903). "British East Africa: Anthropological Studies in Kavirondo and Nandi", p. 348. The Joural of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 33, 325–359.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kokwaro, John O. and Timothy Johns (1998). Luo Biological Dictionary, p. 196. Nairobi and Kampala and Dar es Salaam: East African Educational Publishers. →ISBN