abaka

The bow was a piece of bent bamboo with shredded abaka for the bow-strings.

An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China Emily Bronson Conger

Jusa (hoó-sa) cloth is made from jusi fibre; piña (peen-yah) from pineapple fibre; cinemi is a mixture of the two; abaka (a-ba-ka) from hemp fibre; algodon from the native cotton; sada is silk; sabana is

An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China Emily Bronson Conger

There were fish nets of abaka differing in mesh to suit the various kinds of fish.

An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China Emily Bronson Conger

The abaka-cloth of this island is the finest made, and its pearl fisheries are valuable.

An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China Emily Bronson Conger

The carriage continued on its way, meeting now and then carromatas drawn by one or two ponies whose abaka harness indicated that they were from the country.

The Social Cancer Jos�� Rizal 1878

Glossary abá: A Tagalog exclamation of wonder, surprise, etc., often used to introduce or emphasize a contradictory statement. abaka: "Manila hemp," the fiber of a plant of the banana family. achara: Pickles made from the tender shoots of bamboo, green papayas, etc.

The Social Cancer Jos�� Rizal 1878

"soap-vine." guingón: Dungaree, a coarse blue cotton cloth. hermano mayor: The manager of a fiesta. husi: A fine cloth made of silk interwoven with cotton, abaka, or pineapple-leaf fibers. ilang-ilang: The Malay "flower of flowers," from which the well-known essence is obtained.

The Social Cancer Jos�� Rizal 1878