tagom [tágom] n Climbing plant with a leaf like malunggay used to test for food poisoning called kilkig, by rubbing the leaves on one's palms that will turn black. Then a herbal remedy is prescribed by a spirit healer. Kag tagom ay usang klasing buyong para sa kilkig. This climbing plant like malunggay leaf is another medicine for poisoning. [The leaves cause one’s palms to turn black when the food has been poisoned by kilkig.] (sem. domains: 4.9.4.1 - Sorcery.)
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malunggay [malúnggay] n Plant species;a kind of vegetable with small leaves, used in soups; herbal medicine. malunggay Gingtaw-an ni Tang Igo si Gail it malunggay. The old man, Igo gave Gail the leaves used as a vegetable. (sem. domains: 5.2.3.1 - Food from plants, 2.5.7.3 - Medicinal plants.)
apay [apáy] vt To break, tear off tips and leaves from stalks of green leafy vegetables to prepare them for cooking. himay Nag-apay kami’t tangkong ag malunggay bag-o ginggataan. We removed leaves from the tangkong and malunggay stalks and then cooked them in gata. (sem. domains: 5.2.1 - Food preparation.)
