kalumpit
kalúmpit with stress marks
tree with medicinal fruit
Usage Note
Kalumpit refers to Terminalia edulis, a Philippine tree whose astringent fruit is used in traditional medicine for diarrhea and as a mouthwash. The fruit and bark have been used by rural communities for generations and the tree is most commonly known by this name in Tagalog-speaking regions.
Examples
" Mapait ang bunga ng kalumpit. "
Natural Translation
The fruit of the kalumpit is bitter.
Literal Translation
Bitter the fruit of-the kalumpit.
" Ginagamit ng mga manggagamot-damo ang bunga ng kalumpit para sa sakit ng tiyan. "
Natural Translation
Herbal healers use the fruit of the kalumpit tree for stomach ailments.
Literal Translation
Used the herbal-healers the fruit the kalumpit for ailment the stomach.
" Noong wala pang gamot sa botika, ang balat ng kalumpit ang pinakukuluan ng matatanda bilang panlunas sa pagtatae. "
Natural Translation
When there was still no medicine in the pharmacy, the elders boiled the bark of the kalumpit as a remedy for diarrhea.
Literal Translation
When none-yet medicine in pharmacy, the bark of-the kalumpit the boiled of-the elders as remedy for diarrhea.
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