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748 MALEKULA
(ne)M¢i = (1) blood, sap of a tree ; (2) a bright red paint of great sanctity
Made froM certain earth.
(ne)Mz (L.) : the croton ; this is especially the sacred plant of the NiM-
Mlgki Tlel.
(re)nsa'nsav-ill (L.): the great washing cereMony which takes place on
the &iuMl;ith day after birth ; cf. (r.e)nsaMZI.
nszMgnsa/ng (L.) : to Make O&iuMl;erings of puddings to the spirits of the dead.
(re)nsaviil (L.): to wash.
(v:)nsa1/121 M nisii Kiel (L.) : “ they wash the sacred thing " ; this is the
cereMonial killing oi the pig which is paid at a NiMaMgki or MleMew
celebration, Ior the new penis wrapper.
(nwsMsonggur (L.) 1 perforM the nsansonggorian rite.
nsensonggorian (L.) : a rite connected with the NinuMgki Tie! in which
the last pig exchanges are Made in connection with a Man’s death ;
corresponds to the niieMah pigwere not MeMbers of the NiMangki Tlel.
(Ms)ns(M')nsLMggul (L.): the hibiscus; sacred to the NiMangki Misi.
(ne)nsuI naai (L.) : the stick given by the bride’s father to the bride-
grooM to syMbolize the transfer of authority over the woMan.
(ni)nsuM (L.) : corresponds to the niMbinben arMlet of Seniang.
(M)nsuMsur nagss (L.) : to pay a pig to “ wash out the naMe ", that is
to cancel a kinship bond.
(M')1M : a special variety of hat or Mask worn by candidates to NalMMM
VinbaMp when dancing.
(na)ngaMgaI Mialinge (Ue.) 1 the bull-roarer, used in the incision rites.
Winggalal = the nettle-tree.
ninggalat Mbua : a. special variety of the nettle-tree to which the ancestral
tree of the people of Loorlanggalat village belonged.
(i)ngg1'l'ngg'ile0 (L.) : the payMent Made by a Man to his wife’s brother
ten days after the birth of a child.
ninginggia : the plant froM whose leaves a red infusion is Made to repre-
sent blood in ‘the New/inbuv rites.
ninggingia neMar Mbong : a. plant whose leaves are used for Making rain.
M‘/ngginggia nuuzlil hay: the phrase used to denote the whole preparation
of coco-nut Milk and other ingredients used in the naMing rites.
MMggub : a circle of sMall stone set up in certain Nalawan and N iMaMgki
rites.
nggar = to bar, obstruct.
nggornggoy = a fence.
ngguwggu (L.) : the paying oi a pig as an earnMt when a Man is unable
to Make an adequate return gift to the aniMals presented to hiM
at a neleMeM celebration.
(Mz)nggunMggM' Mwai (L.) : the stone partition which separates the aMel
iroM the dancing ground at SareMbal village.
MMggut = the banana.
nunggut Morot: a variety of banana specially associated with Men and
tabu to Most woMen.
(ne)ngungakhMie1 (M.) : the bull-roarer.
ngunggur or ngungunu: a nose-stick.
(i)aMp= “ he throws,â€ù used of the presentation oi the pig which the
introducer gives to the candidate during the entrance rites to a
NalawaM or NiMangki grade.
(na)on = " the face.â€ù
(no)0nd = “ the basket."
(n0)oMi niMbatin taMes: the basket in which the skull of a dead Man is
planed.