Mapun - tubli

tubli

A poisonous vine (the sap of which is used from the roots to stupefy fish or rub on cows to keep flies away).

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To catch fish by stupefying them with chopped up tubli vine roots.

The roots are enclosed in a bag of coarse cloth and being dragged through shallow channels.

Bong jama pandoy nubli, meka daying takole' na.

If a person knows how to stupefy fish, he can catch a lot of fish.