cubeb

=berry/iueli of shrub Piper Cubeba,=quibibe(xiv)=cubebe/quibibe(OF)=cubeba(Roman/pr/Sp/It)= kababah(Arab)=tailed pepper=shittal chini/kabab chini(Hindi/tzintli)=xitini(N)=drop, from Sumatra/Java, pepper flavoring for gins/ciggies/seasoning(spice). used as medicine in China, not as condiment, to cure demon vapors, restore appetitie, darken hair(palli/N), perfume body. Arabs used cubeb for love satchets/spells. cubebol=alcohol. also as mouthwash, dried berries/ for dental diseases, los of voice, halitosis, cough(tos/Sp), and in tibetan med.assigned to spleen and for infertility. cubeb found in Bombay Sapphire Gin/Pertsovka vodka. exporters of cubeb=vilanga(Chi)=uilana ca(N)=wheeling being, or, vidanga(Skt), scalded/chaloa the berries to thwart vine propagation. Kubaba, Queen of Sumer, 3d Kish or 4th Akshak dynasty, 2.5-2.33k BCE, former alewife/tavern keeper, holds poppy capsule(Piper Cubeba/my guess)in one hand and pomegranate in the other, mentioned in Luwian and Hittite texts, mainly featured in Hurrian rituals as Hannah/hana(J)= beginning/sniff/flower/nose,=nantli(N)=mother,=matar(Phrygian)=ma/oma= hunt by net,=mati=matlatl(N)=net, or, matar kubileya/Cybele cult,=Kuvava/Kufava(Lydian)= Kybébé(Ionian/Gk)=daughter of Zeus,=quibibe(OF)=qui(N/L)=who(is)powerful/iueli(N)=vivel/r= biver/beber(Sp)=drink like a beaver(nip/nepa/nipa).