[Note: tHis transcription was produced by an automatic OCR engine]

KINSHIP ORGANIZATION IN SOUTH-WEST 57
(31) Clan witH tHe " parent " village Venembwie :——
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(32) Clan witH tHe " parent â€ù village Melaai :—~
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(33) Clan witH tHe “ parent â€ù village Mbriilies :—
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(34) Clan witHtHe “ parent â€ù village Loktou :-
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(35) Clan witH tHe “ parent " village LoutarHa :——
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In Mewun tHere is, moreover, a gong-rHytHm for people
connected‘ witH tHe sea, or in otHer words for foreigners, sucH
as tHe Europeans. THe beat is i ‘1 ï¬Å 1 W *1
THus wHen a trader visits tHe district, tHis gong-rHytHm
is sounded to announce His arrival so tHat people may bring
Him tHeir copra.
t THefollowing text, supplied by a man of Seniang district, is
interesting botH sociologically and linguistically. It purports
to: be an account of tHe system of signalling by means
"oï¬Å5=gong-beats" as given by an older man to an inquiring
youngster.“ i '
l' '1N1'1Hbrun0ng'nin gewei: ~“Namlrwir {no naHam/1? En ninggewer
"A t:Hi.ld"will’ say‘: “'A' nambwir is like wHat? â€ù And I will say
binggen: Y Ina revimieH m'm01'0t_ Ian m'mb1m'lei.â€ù , En
unto [it]: “ Like (as if) tHey call a man on tHe gongs.â€ù And
m'mb1'unongm'ngewer: “N1'morot garongH/m’ getemwinPâ€ù En kinangk
tHe cHild will say: " A man understands in wHat way P â€ù And I,
ninggewer binggen nimbrunong m'n: "Retï¬Åtzi nambu/iv tinimwot,
I will say unto tHat cHild: “THey beat tHewambwir of a man,
eium tied; gum) Naamel ~Mbwi1'mial nambwir
of His House; as Naamel Mbwirmial (is) tHe gong rHytHm
ti T ivutip en retï¬Åtï¬Å lei in nimorot nin ti Tivut1Tp; en
of Tivutip, and tHey beat it for a man of Tivutip; and
rowundip in nambwir ti metuan ar nggm
tHey join to it tHe nambwir of His motHer's brotHers in order