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GLOSSARY 751
(nB)t¢l = tHe cord.
(ne)tel muluumn; a special cord made only in Lan-ibumbu and Bagasa
iron: a creeper called mbirip ; it is pl.lI'CH3.S€d at enuance to HigH
Nimangki grades, and is used for fastening on tHe Head-dress worn
during tHe dances of tHese grades.
(m)tel silks: said to be a mat in tHe form of a man ; an object of tHe
greatest sanctity, made only in Lambumbu. THe privilege of seeing
it is purcHased at entrance to NimangHi Namu.
(1:i)temuH (L.) : (1) a gHost ; (2) an instrument made from a large bamboo
pipe supported at one end used in tHe incision rites ; (3) tHe ceremony
wHicH concludes tHe funeral rites and ends tHe period of mourning;
(4) efligies carved out oi wood.
(ni)!2maH takHtnkH (L.) : “ tHe gHost He endures " ; a name for tHe large
bull-roarer (" tHe motHer") wHicH is used in tHe incision rites.
tzmes: (I) a gHost ; (2) an effigy set up for ï¬Åre entrance rites of every
Nimangki grade in wHicH an ancestral spirit is believed to reside
intermittently; (3) subsidiary efligies oiten set up for entrance rites to
Nimamgki grades, but wHetHer believed to be occupied ever by spirits
is not stated ; (4) tHe name oi one of tHe faces carved on tHe numbou
timbarap (q.v.) ; (5) tHe name of a design on an arm-band “ belonging
to " tHe grade Nimzmgki New/eluel.
tomes malau (tsmes = gHost ; maluu = busH turkey) 1 (1) a mytHological
being, apparently especially associated witH tHe N alau/an N imbwilei
grades; (2) a certain kind of mask connected witH tHe Nalawan,
possibly tHe same as tHe iemes nagaal ; (3) a Heavy wooden “ mask "
or disguise, worn at some stage during tHe entrance rites to Nalauum
Nimbwilei.
temzs mbalmbul: tHe Hats or masks of tHe Nalawam society.
lzmes mbalmbal noon im : " tHe temes mbalmbal witH two faces â€ù ; possibly
tHe same as tHe temes mzplzl ; a mask wHicH belongs to tHe grade
Numbau aimbamp.
lï¬Åmes mbalmbal norm isii = " tHe temes mblzlmbal witH one iaceâ€ù; a
variety of mask belonging to tHe grade Nisamp.
lzmzs mbalai: an important variety of non»Human busH spirit; tHe
visible {arm of tHe " spirit " of e naai male tree.
lemes mbatm: tHe two larger temes carved witH two faces, set up at
entrance to tHe grade Mbatm.
temes mzainggol: tHe wooden cylinders wHicH wHen blown into made a.
sound wHicH is supposed to be tHe noises oi tHe ancestral spirits;
tHese cylinders are very sacred and belong to tHe Nalawun society.
temes nupal : one of tHe masks oi tHe Nalawan ; worn only by members
of Nimburilei or HigHer grades.
temes ndmrmdam: tHe name oi tHe gong-rHytHrn beaten to announce
tHat a man Has been killed in war. -
temes (m')mbwemwe1'l = “ tHe young cycas temes " ; tHe name oi a mask
belonging to tHe grade Ame] Sesmcmdur; it is also called temes
mbalmbal noon lllil, tHat is " tHe temes mbalmbal witH tHree
faces ".
temes niuinbur : tHe ï¬Ågures and modelled Heads used during tHe Nivinbur
rites.
temes (nu)mb-step: a. variety of mask belonging to tHe grade Naainggol
or perHaps Lelengmfal.
temes pnpas: a variety of mask belonging to tHe grade Naamel Limbu.
temes mmbu : a rite of divination by means oi wHicH it is discovered wHat
village is responsible for a person's deatH. '
tame: mmbumbal z a variety of plant planted for tHe deatH feast.
tame: sumjasumpz (I) tHe temes of tHe Nimangki grade Tambap, wHicH