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laphi
1
A laphi tree, Leucosyke probably hispidissima [Urt.], growing in forested areas.
2a
laphi bark.
The outer bark, āgut, is scraped off, the inner bark is made into narrow strips, dried, made into a ball of many strips, pounded, tutu 2, to soften and split into fibers with the fingernails, īgoy. It is then spun into thread and woven into clothing and blankets.
linūbid, Spun Fibers: Sources, Colors and Uses,
2b
For someone (agent muɴ-) to gather laphi bark for making fiber for weaving, as described above.
For someone (agent)to strip laphi bark (theme -on) from a laphi tree (loc ref -on) with the use of a knife, bolo (inst i-, puɴ-).
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