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GLOSSARY 747
(i)mimiv2s mbatm = (1) tHe blowing of alternating notes on concH trumpets
during tHe procession wHicH forms part of tHe Mbatru ceremonies:
= (2) title of one oi tHe performers in tHe Mbatru ceremonies;
probably one of tHe blowers of tHe concHes.
(Qminmin: to marry a woman wHo is of a proHibited degree of kinsHip
or clan-sHip.
(m')moma = “ tHe girl," “ tHe woman."
(ni)mumogH (L.) : tHe woman.
(m')mowu1gH 111121 (L.) : a woman wHo is not a virgin ; (tHis not a term of
reproacH).
(m)mom0gH ta‘/ou or nimogH terou (L.) : tHe professional woman wHo knocks
out a girl's teetH.
(ni)m0’os : a plant used ior making ï¬ÅsH poison.
(ni)m0r belz : “ tHe bridegroom."
(ni)movva'al = tHe title of a man renowned as a warrior.
(ni)morat = "tHe man."
maul (L.): bad, evil, dangerous.
mug]: new nelan (Lg.) : tHe title of tHe senior member of tHe HigHest Nelun
grade, wHo acts as master of tHe ceremonies during tHe celebration
of tHe rites.
mugH 1/:1 (Lg.) : novices entering tHe Nslan for tHe ï¬Årst time.
mugH vel (IB.N.) : (1) a circumcision candidate (see also ban) ; (2) tHe boy-
lover in a Homosexual union.
(n¢)m¢4gut nagHa (M.) : “tHe man of nogHo â€ù; tHe clan magician; cf.
Seniang (m')mb/Min -nawuv.
(m')muI: (L.) : tHe cycas.
(ni)mzmm/aien (L.) : tHe spell, cHarm.
(m')mum wengk = (1) a variety of tree ; = (2) irnplements—e.g., digging-
stiok—made from tHis wood ; = (3) stakes set up round tHe tzmas
planted in tHe mam-/xHal for tHe rites oi Nimamgki N imew, on wHicH
are put promissory coco-nuts given by tHe introducer.
(naymmggut = “ tHe banana."
(nB)munggul moral: a variety oi banana wHicH only men may eat.
(n5)mur uaal (L.) : (I) a man wHo is a renowned ï¬ÅgHter; (z) " tHe
warrior," a, name for tHe small bull-roarer used in incision cere-
monies.
murH val (Lar.) : tHe candidate for incision.
(ne)mwamen (L.) : tHe " maker â€ù or purcHaser in a Nimmzgki celebration,
(m')mu/ail = “tHe cycas.â€ù
mwalnggilz sex—and-iertility magic; also used for ï¬ÅsHing magic, House-
building magic, eto., but never for any kind of deatH~and-sickness
magic. It is also pronounced maHmggfl wHicH is tHe name in Mewun
mytH for tHe elder son of tHe ï¬Årst Knbat (q.v.).
(m')mwil (L.) 1 see (n2)mule.
(m')mwim'n = “ tHe spirit " ; used for tHe spirit of a Human being and
oi certain plants and animals.
(ni)mwitew = bixa orellana; tHe fruit is used for making red paint.
(ne)mzp (L.) : ceremony in tHe rites of tHe N imnngki Misi wHereby women
wHo are in mourning are released from tHis and allowed to return
to normal life.
(mlndar = tHe coral tree, erytHrina.
ndelndel/mas: a gong-rHytHm sounded especially wHen a pig is about to
be killed; also tHe rHytHm of tHe “ Black" NimimgHi grades.
(1e)ndilis nggvrnggar = “ tHey destroy tHe ience " ; tHe rite by wHicH
a widow is released from Her mourning.
(nz)miu1: a variety of sickness-magic worked by “ poison â€ù.
(nilninin (L.) : tHe soul; cf. Seniang (ni)mm'm"n.