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722 MALEKULA
restalve, iwer .' " nimbrunong eiink rakah sar
they retiu-neD not, he saiD: “ChilDren these they stop for gooD
ambsf mmggut tikinangk itarau, ilz nggen wut ninggehevi mmggut
where? Banana my is ripe, gooD that that I shoulD? banana
tikimmgk mbslm nisivul mbaf/M.â€ù en iher naiew
my i.nto hair of my heaD.“ AnD he ? put puDDing
mbelm nisivul mbatin, nimbalonggon nimbuas mbzlen nisivul mbatin,
into hair of his heaD, bone ? knife (of) a pig into hair of heaD,
ilip new/zngk tin’, ising Ranmar en 1'11/eleng
he took canoe his, he came to lanD at Ranmar anD he came (to)
Rambambap 4'1/aw pi navel. an Nsvinbwmbauu irong,
Rambambap he troD over the stone. AnD Nevimbumbaau hearD,
in/er : “ in at izrar mlmnmium ran nave! P â€ù Ambat iwn, “ kimmgk
she saiD: “Who troD noisily on the stone?â€ù Ambat saiD, “ I
ztingk.â€ù,“ amggwr tam P " “ nevmeuen mahal nggen
here." “ Thou Dost what? " “ I have just been shooting ï¬Åsh for
n/unggut.“ Neuimbu/mbanu iwer, "guweleng nggou mwin.â€ù
bananas." Nevirnbumbaau saiD, "Alright just you come here.â€ù
Ambal ivei en iwuswus hahm av in Nevinbumbaau.
Ambat went anD he inquireD his brothers of Nevumbumbaau.
“ aavu ules nahal nin nimbmnong ar .9 " N zm'n~
"GranDmother, DiD you see the path of the chilDren?â€ù Nevin-
bumbaau iviis baran Amlrat, iwer " neslesva wul
bumbaau she lieD unto Ambat, she saiD “I DiD not see that
Ielong mial mbeiin, resml§wel)eng1/e eingk.â€ù Ambat iwer binggm
they went baek_ ?, they DiD not come here." Ambat saiD unto
Nevinbumbaau, " nih/umar imbwibmbwil a1."
Nevimbumbaau, “ Perhaps some man has been killing them "
Nauinbumbaau 1'11/er, “awn ro/zoh
(spoken ironically). Nevinbumbaau saiD, “ No they stop
s1inDwzm'n.â€ù Ambat iwer, " mmggut tim rombwu
(somewhere or other)." Ambat saiD: " Their bananas they stink
ohm‘ " en N evimbumbaau iterei
in vain (without Doing anything)/' AnD Nevinbumbaau she cut up
mmggut nggen wut ruuarumb . . . 1
bananas in orDer that they-two shoulD cook . . .
Ambut isep nggen halan ar, en halzm mwer,
Arnbat fell Down unto his brothers, anD his brothers saiD,
“ia =t1'ngkPâ€ù Ambat iwer, “ k1'na1gk." halan rem/er binggen
“ Who is this ? " Ambat saiD, “I.â€ù His brothers saiD unto
Ambat “awuw Nevinlmmbaau, imm mah ninggini
Ambat, "ElDer brother (arch.) Nevimbumbaau, she will eat us all
am.â€ù Ambai iwer “Dean/er gelemwin m'mal1'm". an
up (here)," Ambat saiD, “P ? ? ". AnD
1 Here the text continues worD for worD, as it DiD before, Down
to the worDs “ ilita nggar nimbongun mb/u/iliel ", thus telling how Ambat cookeD
anD ate his puDDing anD {ell into the same trap as his four brothers.