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THE NIMANGKI AND NELEMEW 343
Lambumlm I. Lambumbu II. Lamlmmbu III. Laravat.
Ruaru Metenmar Ruhvaru Mial Harten
Namal or Metenmal Sesai Laghau Sisien
Tesnrel Laghau Metenrnal Mbulrnbul
Larhau Malmelrne Mal Tasi Morornbon
Roglili Ronglili Sien Mal Laghai
Tees Naambwit Ronglili Ronglili
Rhus Nevat Testes Uren Miliin
Saghsaghrnal Tees
Taviin Mal
Unfortunately there is nothing to show how far these lists are
reliable, and on theuwhole it seems probable that they were
collected before the one given above was recorded, and represent
only the names which can be purchased at a Nimangki without
any distinction between those of equal value and those of different
status, Almost certainly Saghsaghmal and Taviin Mal are of
the same standing, the highest which it is possible for a man to
reach and by far the most expensive to buy.
The objects which a man can purchase at a nelemew are
classed together as nisit tlel (" sacred things â€ù). Among them
are included four grades of penis wrapper, ot which unfortunately
we have no description, and certain decorated girdles called mu
or mum. There are perhaps nine varieties of these, each with a
distinctive name : nau lewiar, mm mzmbmzgon nilambut, mm
vimgon lï¬Åhit, mm nelemm iï¬Ångdn, mm nin nambangan im, mm
nambamgon mm“, mm nambzmgzm mmbzm, mm nambongon
mhongon iuah} It is probable that these are not arranged in the
order in which they are bought, but it is said, speaking generally,
that if a man is celebrating a Nimemgki to purchase the name
Tovtop, he will at the same time buy mmbongon mmi ; if Meten-
mal, nambongon namban ; and if Rhus Nevat, nambongrm nivongan
ivah. These girdles differ from each other in their width, colour.
and ornamentation, and in the way in which their ends are ï¬Ånished
oft. The mm nambongon noui is a narrow band of which one
end is out square and decorated with a white fringe, the other
cut to an asymmetrical point and tasselled with yellow (Fig. Iga).
The nau nambongon mlmbzm resembles two of the ï¬Årst variety
‘ It is possible that certain of these names belong not to the different varieties
of girdles but some of them to varieties of penis wrappers, certainly the last three
are wrappers (Fig. 19)‘ The meaning of all these words has not been recorded.
mzmbangun = “ month " ; nambangau naui = " the mouth of the water bamboo " ;
ntlzmen = “ the tongue " ; iï¬Ångï¬Ån = “ he (or it) has " ; mm nin nambzmgan
1°/14 = “the girdle of the two mouths ".-—C. H. W. ‘
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