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Deacon A.B., 1934. Malekula: A Vanishing People in the New Hebrides / Deacon A.B., 1934. Malekula: A Vanishing People in the New Hebrides / Bernard A. Deacon / Vanuatu, Nouvelles-Hébrides, Malekula, South-West Bay
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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.
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Title/DescriptionDeacon A.B., 1934. Malekula: A Vanishing People in the New Hebrides
Author(s)Bernard A. Deacon
Year/Period1934
LocationVanuatu, Nouvelles-Hébrides, Malekula, South-West Bay
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