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730 MALEKULA
amel an rahu binggm nimbmnong iiremetur limel
the amal and they give unto the children who sleep in the amel
at reviis in ar an rewer lis nilies m'n wut miar
and they turn and say again day belong that they go
nermm ilimbwelim hur nahal 1/thlï¬Ål.
the birds (P i.e. the candidates) they turn back at the path blocked.
En um! iar, en rawer m'l1Ias min roovunt mu/tmb mbntmbnt
And that goes, and they say the day when they lay the ï¬Åre ?
at nirrmrot morsu reweleng at reil naai new 1'1/es, at rrrroro
and the men all come and dig up raw-trees four, and they carry (them)
binggen limel!
on their shoulders unto the aml.
2. TEXT IN THE DIALECT OF MEWUN
THE CREATION
Temenowok itu nimughut itu niwatime. Mk ve ink nakbo maksu
Their father made men made women. They made things all
mzghahn, mktu Kabat ralapwe. rokok, rak veu nitinowok
belong them, they made Kabul many. They lived, they bore sons.
rak kok ma logho. ninggiano . . .
They stayed in the logho. Their names . . . (there follows a list of names)
rak tu ninmghut. mh kak, rah ink watianz reveal rak ta
they made men. They stayed, they caused women to bear. They
ninmagiene ; mktu ni M welnggil alme niwatienewok.
made liie ; they made the Sex and Fertility magic for women-kind.
tmenowok itu nimbuas tu M64
Their father made pigs, made fowls.
5. TEXTS IN THE DIALECT OF LAMBUMBU
Tm: CHILD WHO was SWALLOWED BY A CREEPER
Nimomogh hum, iveh min; ivu lm nemian ii;
A certain woman carried her child; she went into her garden;
iml N am imatur ran nembam nembat.
she worked. The child lay at the foot of a creeper (nambut).
-Itï¬Ång wal mbï¬Åm/umum.‘ “Nb'ng 0! Nï¬Ång 0! womgh
He cried because he wanted to suck: " O mother! O mother! ?
mbweli z! Nia mimlmimi miulum mm, miulum non! â€ù
too much! P ? It is swallowing me, it is swallowing me!"
S’nen iweri : "Saandemï¬Ång, mimbwï¬Åm mah mou; tembar
His mother said: “ Not just now, I will ï¬Ånish working; then
‘ At this point the text breaks oflf.——C. H. W. ‘
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