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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.