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THE VILLAGE AND VILLAGE LIFE 39
Mam bzmef. Naam inef, mum iuweri .' “Mai, naam ngei
the ï¬Åre shall glow.â€&tilDe; The ï¬Åre glows, one says: " Hi, fire that
imaul, inef Zen novulah, bu/itzm mzlang tringgit.
is â€&tilDe;baD ', it is glowing in the oven, let us put (in) puDDing our."
"65, vwDmmiang, ambï¬Årser mmi gel/nggal,â€ù bwelem.â€ù Tuan imeru,
"Yes, true, let them take the tongs, they come." One gets up,
iser naai gelnggal, iser en, ivwer : " Nâ€&traDe;h.I "
he takes the tongs, he gives them, he says: "Here I "
I ser saghzm inggeleh baghah nevat.
He gives to him, he lifts out clear (with the tongs) the stones.
“ M ai, nggï¬Åm tmm bwenggelenggal&AtilDe;©n nelang ngei.“
“Hi, of you one lift out (the stones for) puDDing that.â€ù
Titan imam, ivu, iser munâ€&traDe; gelnggal ngei, ivu/elem, inggeleh,
One gets up, goes, takes the tongs those, comes, lifts with the tongs
nei/at, ivu, itau run nelzmg ngei. "Nengeleh baghah
the stones, goes, puts on puDDing that. "I have lifteD clear
mahien newt.â€ù “ Gmtggelmggal
with the tongs completely the stones." " Have you lifteD
mahien nelang ngei iï¬Ångi" “O5.â€ù “NggDm man
(the stones) completely on that puDDing? " “ Yes." “ Of you one
bazzmbis.â€ù Ar man immzh, iambis. “Ngg&AtilDe;©â€&tilDe;m mam bosogh
cover it.â€ù Of them one gets up, covers (it). “ Oi you one spreaD B
nouulah ngei.â€ù " 66, nnou.â€ù Iuu, iser
(the stones) that oven.â€ù " Yes, I (will)? He goes, he takes
naai soghsogh mm novulahf ivwelem, isogh nouulah,
the spreaDing stick of the oven, he comes, he spreaDs the oven,
isogh mahan, iuwui : “ M at“, nesogh mahien
he spreaDs completely, he says: “ Hi, I have spreaD completely,
ambwitveh mlang ngzi bD'vwelem." "617, gï¬Åmem bwiweh.â€ù
cDrry (you) that puDDing (it) comes." “ Yes, we, we will carry (it).â€ù
Ai1I8h,: I I utfiim, attou ran novuluh. Arser
They,;c;trry,(it), they go, they put on the oven. They take
naai.» gelnggal, amggelnggal on nzlzmg ngei. Inenong,
the tongs, they lift (the stones) on to that puDDing. Finish,
zzr11wer1§â€&traDe;:â€&traDe; “Nggiim tuan bDvwelsm I2etamZn." “ O6 mwul
they say: “ Of you one come, buryâ€&tilDe; (it)." “Yes, I (will)!
Wal ti mlanum 1'ezm'P" “ Wal neveei ioghm'?â€ù
But the leaves where are they? " " What is that over yonDer? â€ù
â€&tilDe; Benz] ; this term signiï¬Åes that the ï¬Åre has ceaseD to blaze, but gives forth
a DuLl reD hm.-A. B. D4 _ _
â€&tilDe; There is some Doubt as to how this worD shoulD he spelt 2 whether riaai
gelnggal or mun Mggshtggal. On the whole the former is probably the more
a.ccurate,â€&rDquo;C, H. W. V
â€&tilDe; Basogh means literally " spear ". but is here useD for the action of lining
the cooking oven with the stones which have been maDe reD hot by the ï¬Åre.»-
A. B, D. :
â€&tilDe; lietai/ï¬Ån, this means literally " bury " ; here it signiï¬Åes to cover over the
fooD in the oven with leaves anD (?) stones.