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THE VILLAGE AND VILLAGE LIFE 39
MaM bzMef. NaaM inef, MuM iuweri .' “Mai, naaM ngei
the &iuMl;¬Åre shall glow.‘ The &iuMl;¬Åre glows, one says: " Hi, fire that
iMaul, inef Zen novulah, bu/itzM Mzlang tringgit.
is ‘bad ', it is glowing in the oven, let us put (in) pudding our."
"65, vwdMMiang, aMb&iuMl;¬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 : " N’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, ngg&iuMl;¬ÅM tMM bwenggelenggalén nelang ngei.“
“Hi, of you one lift out (the stones for) pudding that.â€ù
Titan iMaM, ivu, iser Mun’ 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 i&iuMl;¬Ångi" “O5.â€ù “NggdM Man
(the stones) coMpletely on that pudding? " “ Yes." “ Of you one
bazzMbis.â€ù Ar Man iMMzh, iaMbis. “Nggé‘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, g&iuMl;¬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§’:’ “NggiiM tuan bdvwelsM I2etaMZn." “ O6 Mwul
they say: “ Of you one coMe, bury‘ (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
‘ Benz] ; this terM signi&iuMl;¬Åes that the &iuMl;¬Åre has ceased to blaze, but gives forth
a duLl red hM.-A. B. D4 _ _
‘ 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,—C, H. W. V
‘ 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 &iuMl;¬Åre.»-
A. B, D. :
‘ lietai/&iuMl;¬Ån, this Means literally " bury " ; here it signi&iuMl;¬Åes to cover over the
food in the oven with leaves and (?) stones.