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THE VILLAGE AND VILLAGE LIFE 39
Mam bzmef. Naam inef, mum iuweri .' “Mai, naam ngei
the ï¬Åre shall glow.‘ The ï¬Åre glows, one says: " Hi, fire that
imaul, inef Zen novulah, bu/itzm mzlang tringgit.
is ‘bad ', it is glowing in the oven, let us put (in) pudding our."
"65, vwdmmiang, ambï¬Årser mmi gel/nggal,â€ù bwelem.â€ù Tuan imeru,
"Yes, true, let them take the tongs, they come." One gets up,
iser naai gelnggal, iser en, ivwer : " N’h.I "
he takes the tongs, he gives them, he says: "Here I "
I ser saghzm inggeleh baghah nevat.
He gives to him, he lifts out clear (with the tongs) the stones.
“ M ai, nggï¬Åm tmm bwenggelenggalén nelang ngei.“
“Hi, of you one lift out (the stones for) pudding that.â€ù
Titan imam, ivu, iser mun’ gelnggal ngei, ivu/elem, inggeleh,
One gets up, goes, takes the tongs those, comes, lifts with the tongs
nei/at, ivu, itau run nelzmg ngei. "Nengeleh baghah
the stones, goes, puts on pudding that. "I have lifted clear
mahien newt.â€ù “ Gmtggelmggal
with the tongs completely the stones." " Have you lifted
mahien nelang ngei iï¬Ångi" “O5.â€ù “Nggdm man
(the stones) completely on that pudding? " “ Yes." “ Of you one
bazzmbis.â€ù Ar man immzh, iambis. “Nggé‘m mam bosogh
cover it.â€ù Of them one gets up, covers (it). “ Oi you one spread B
nouulah ngei.â€ù " 66, nnou.â€ù Iuu, iser
(the stones) that oven.â€ù " Yes, I (will)? He goes, he takes
naai soghsogh mm novulahf ivwelem, isogh nouulah,
the spreading stick of the oven, he comes, he spreads the oven,
isogh mahan, iuwui : “ M at“, nesogh mahien
he spreads completely, he says: “ Hi, I have spread completely,
ambwitveh mlang ngzi bd'vwelem." "617, gï¬Åmem bwiweh.â€ù
cdrry (you) that pudding (it) comes." “ Yes, we, we will carry (it).â€ù
Ai1I8h,: I I utfiim, attou ran novuluh. Arser
They,;c;trry,(it), they go, they put on the oven. They take
naai.» gelnggal, amggelnggal on nzlzmg ngei. Inenong,
the tongs, they lift (the stones) on to that pudding. Finish,
zzr11wer1§’:’ “Nggiim tuan bdvwelsm I2etamZn." “ O6 mwul
they say: “ Of you one come, bury‘ (it)." “Yes, I (will)!
Wal ti mlanum 1'ezm'P" “ Wal neveei ioghm'?â€ù
But the leaves where are they? " " What is that over yonder? â€ù
‘ Benz] ; this term signiï¬Åes that the ï¬Åre has ceased to blaze, but gives forth
a duLl red hm.-A. B. D4 _ _
‘ There is some doubt as to how this word should he spelt 2 whether riaai
gelnggal or mun Mggshtggal. On the whole the former is probably the more
a.ccurate,—C, H. W. V
‘ Basogh means literally " spear ". but is here used for the action of lining
the cooking oven with the stones which have been made red hot by the ï¬Åre.»-
A. B, D. :
‘ lietai/ï¬Ån, this means literally " bury " ; here it signiï¬Åes to cover over the
food in the oven with leaves and (?) stones.