va'bga
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va'bga
red-flowered silk-cotton tree Bombax buonopozense P. Beauv. The lint is collected for pillows and the leaves cut to feed animals. The mistletoe growing on this tree has important magical uses, being included in a medicine used to start quarrels in the household. Farmers do not like to cultivate under it because the land is infertile. The bark is burnt to make a smoke that drives away aliZini spirits. The thorns are burnt and the charcoal resulting is mixed with butter to treat a swollen body. The dried gum is used for scen
What does “va'bga” mean in Dagbani?
red-flowered silk-cotton tree Bombax buonopozense P. Beauv. The lint is collected for pillows and the leaves cut to feed animals. The mistletoe growing on this tree has important magical uses, being included in a medicine used to start quarrels in the household. Farmers do not like to cultivate under it because the land is infertile. The bark is burnt to make a smoke that drives away aliZini spirits. The thorns are burnt and the charcoal resulting is mixed with butter to treat a swollen body. The dried gum is used for scen
Also spelled Dagbanli — both spellings refer to the same Mabia (Gur) language spoken in northern Ghana.
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red-flowered silk-cotton tree Bombax buonopozense P. Beauv. The lint is collected for pillows and the leaves cut to feed animals. The mistletoe growing on this tree has important magical uses, being included in a medicine used to start quarrels in the household. Farmers do not like to cultivate under it because the land is infertile. The bark is burnt to make a smoke that drives away aliZini spirits. The thorns are burnt and the charcoal resulting is mixed with butter to treat a swollen body. The dried gum is used for scen