lempi'
noun
English. Woody shrub found in regrowth forest, its roots used to promote rice wine fermentation.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Bena' meluman sug begas, dayun lemugay sili, lempi', tebu, gimit, gekbus lindang, lumbilan, luya, payaw, gamugamug.
English. When the rice (for wine) is soft , then we add red peppers, lembi' leaves, sugarcane, leaves of the gimit, lindang, and lumbilan plants, ginger, leaves of the payaw tree and gamugamug leaves.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Alap mu lagumbayan pegdautu di tapay, pu' nda'idun ig lempi'.
English. Get some lagumbayan tree root to flavor the rice wine starter with, for we have no root of the lempi' tree.
Generic. ayu
c.f. asi