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GLOSSARY 741
em’ ab: tHe song-and-dance of tHe low or “ black " Nimungki grades.
(ne)srew: tHe clan fertility ceremonies performed by tHe clan magician
(nimbatin nun/or) for tHe increase of some species of plant or animal,
etc., or for causing some natural pHï¬Ånfllnellbnr
(ne)es ; a. green paint made from a. stone, and used for decorating tHe body
and tHe iemes set up for a Nimnmgki grade.
(n)ev/stun = tHe yam House.
(i)gaH 1 " unclean,â€ù in tHe sense in wHicH tHings appertaining to women
are “ unclean â€ù.
gamal (L.) 1 equivalent to tHe amzl of Seniang; sometimes spelt
amal.
(na)gumb0'r (Lg.) : structures corresponding to tHe (na)az'mbm' of
Larnbumbu.
(na)gHamal (B.N.) : (r) tHe men's club-House; (z) any House set up for
ritual purposes.
(na)gHamb (-Lg.): tHe ï¬Åre.
(na)gHamp (B.N.) : tHe ï¬Åre.
(1w)gHuro (L.) 1 tHe Clan fertility ceremonies; cf. tHe Menu; of Seniang.
(n0)gHM0 ndmuv (L.) : tHe great ceremony of “ making man ", performed
every eigHt years by tHe men of Lembelag. '
(na)gHaruian (L.) : tHe dance of tHe Naai MdvliH society.
(na)gHvr (Onua) 2 tHe novice.
(no)gHorgHov (L.) : a special tabu-mark set up to protect coco~nuts from
tHieves.
(m4)gHumb6 (Lg.) : tHe sacred, preHistoric pottery; cf. Seniang naamboi.
(na)Hal: tHe patH.
(na)Hal amut: a busH patH wHicH can be closed to tHe public.
(na Hal lamp: a busH patH wHicH cannot be closed ; a rigHt-of-way.
(na Ha! lemss : " tHe patH of gHosts," wHicH link individual villages in
Seniang and Mewun.
(na)Halwng: (1) wild taro; (2) tHe peace—ma.king dance.
(na)Halm: an unidentiï¬Åed plant of wHicH tHe leaf is used in tHe ritual
of marriage.
Hamal (Lg.): tHe men's clubHouse.
Hambal (L.): (I) a mytHical Here wHo instituted tHe NogHara Niinmr
and NagHaro Ndam and dwelt at Lembelag ; (2) tHe sacred coco-nut
said to Have sprung from tHe skull of tHis man ; (5) tHe title of tHe
performers in tHe NogHavo Ndmur.
Hamil tumb (Lg.) : tHe sacred place of tHe clan ; cf. Seniang nembrmbrkzm.
(-nsllwm: tHe ï¬Åeld ; tHe yarn garden.
(na)Hm: tHe name.
(m)Hm mlmbuas : a variety of arm-band, a mark of tHe grades Namnel
Ewan, Naamel Ndarlamp, and Muluunm Sumbzmm.
(ne)HevHe;9 : a variety of yarn wHicH, if eaten by one wHo Has made deatH-
magic. will ldll Him.
Hinm nimbwilei: “ tHe motHer gong "; tHe largest variety of gong.
(i)Hu. : “ He gives," used of tHe presenting of pigs by a candidate to His
introducer in tHe Nalau/an and Nimangki ceremonies.
(nulHulz " tHe torcH â€ù made of wild canes.
(nu)-Jew: tHe pudding made of taro, or of tare and ï¬ÅsH.
(nayiem nimzH: variety of pudding eaten by a woman's female relatives
during Her pregnancy.
indiHep: a plant wHose leaves are used in invisibility-magic.
Has (Onua) : tHe incision rites.
(ni)ismb¢t: tHe mat-skirt worn by women.
("ne)5um: " tHe House," used for a dwelling»House, never for tHe club-
House.