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GLOSSARY 743
limbut (r.g.) 1 a member of tHe Nam» wHo am as a guardian to tHe
novices.
(i)limbw:l1'mp : " He deceives " ; cf. nzium limbwzlimp " tHe House wHicH
deceives " ; one of tHe Houses erected for tHe Lupus ceremonies.
liinmate : literally " peace " ; tHe name of a ceremony performed at tHe
01056 oi tHe Nalau/ml Kites by means Of wHicH tHe gHosts wHo Have
been attending tHem are dismissed in peace. A variety of tHis
oeremnuy is also performed at tHe entrance rites to N imangki Nu/aluel.
(ne)l§wis 1 a garter acquired at entrance 170 tHe Nimangki grade Neliwis.
logHo (M.) ; tHe sacred place belonging to a clan ; CL Seniang mmbrmbrkun.
lagHala (L.) ; (r) a variety of bird ; (Z) red paint used in decorating tHe
mm nï¬ÅH; (3) tHe Stung seat in tHe dancing ground of Sarernbal,
on wHicH tHe gong-beater sits.
lagHor (L4) : tHe sacred place belonging eH tHe Nimangki Tlsl.
tour: " a spot wHicH is set apart, sacred *' ; often preï¬Åxed to tHe name
oi u village or of SOXTAO part of a village.
Ivar mbur; a variety of tree, tHe totem ol Luorveli village, and said to
be used for sweating uatHs on,
IugHluglriani sea nzlzmflu/.
(i)manu: " lie multers "; used Hr muttering a cHarm.
(ilmnau m'meIm'm: to mutter away an illness, tHat is to murmur spells
to drive away an illness—a recognized metHod nl treatment.
mun; (r) signifies tHe completion of any activity; (2) (used as an
adjective) blunt.
(m')maHal: variety of ï¬ÅsH; tHe nmuw object 0! several clans.
mall:/ndv: species of sHrub, prominent in ritual lile, and especially
cHaracteristic of tHe HigHer Nimanglii grades.
malandr mm; a special variety of mnlzmdr Planted during iuneral rites.
malzmdr muluumn: a variety of malandr witH purple leaves and wHite
flowers; specially associated witH tHe entrance rites ol NimangHi
Nellell/all
11111111141 tHe lmsll turkey; sce also bxmss malau.
(na)mlm'm: (tHo) lumilw; controlled by tHe clan magician of Uraau
village.
(ns)mnvu: (1) variety of wood used for b0W‘Stl].V€B; (2) 1 bow wHose
strive is Of tHis wood.
(mjmam us‘: a. variety oi club, preaumubly made of nemavu wood.
(na)mu:: “tHe spear."
('m')masiam or (m‘)mnaim (L.): tHe deatH-least.
maianHali " tHe eye of tHe patH " (ï¬Å’0l'l"L malan = " eye " and ‘Vll1H¢l=
"tHe patH "); tHe place wHore tHe busH patH enters tHe village.
matan (am; (r) tHe stone Head oi an axe; (1) tHe name o! tHe g0ng~
rHytHm oi Lnoremew village.
(m)mauuI (L): tHe name of tHe square "towers" of yams set up for
a 'nelB1MlI).
(M]mba (alsH speltnamlm/14): (1) tHe turtle; (2) tHe turtle-sHell armlct ;
(3) tHe banyan treer
(nnlmba lilzrm 1 special kind of turtle-sHell armlet warn only by members
Hi Amal Ndarlump and. HigHer graaaa.
(ni)mbnai: generic word for all kinds of yarn.
(nilmbagHai (L.) 1 tHe ceremony 01 knocking out a woman's incisor teetH.
(m1)mb:zl: tHe black Hawk, a bird of great ritual lnrportanHa.
(ï¬Åmbalntlml: en beat two pieces of wHen togetHer. tHus -producing a
rHytHm, as is done in tHe rite imbnlmbnl in tHe Nnlawan ceremonies.
(mjmbnz nin: (r) two sticks, bound about witH grass and witH wisps
of grass Hanging from tHem at one end, wHicH are fastened to tHe
mum’: (q.v.) of tHe Nalawan; (2) numbal nin, tHe cooked arm ol
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