[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