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NATIVE TEXTS 729
limes Malau itokh mbweleng lemz 1'1/nus ei; imp euiln
Times Malau remained ? ?into the earth ? him; he fled away
mbwelmg mn N our Times M alau imehe, imes.
unto (in) Tomrnan Island. Times Malau became ill, he died.
Relevdn ei ; mum nimoro! m'n tivini ei.
They buried him ; they ate the man who shot him.
NALAWAN VINBAMP 1
Wut retumbaiin et wimarlamp ur relwr -mzai new im at resiri
(As) they begin the old men fetch yew-trees two and they lay
map mar et nimarot resumbw map. Et
parallel those two and men sit parallel (Le. in two rows).And
nimarl/imp tuan ilrmggalangk at mama en
some old man he cried out an they beat arau (on the gongs) and
rayal hur nindilghan’ amel et m'm1l1lrlm4§ man iher
they sing by the "ears â€ù of the amel, and some old man brings
mmggut resmehve, mbon in nimem ngor ihu
bananas, they are not cooked, together with coco-nuts dry he gives
binggen nimorot trasumbw map at ar man mah nruh. Et
unto the men who sit parallel and they eat everything. And
rewer nilies nin wut resol nenrm,
they say day belong that, they “erect,â€ù a fence of wild canes,
nilies ' nin ilim. Et nilies iharhar mah;
day belong that he ï¬Å.fth. And the day it is ï¬Ånished completely;
et rotu nauwi, at rosol nmmr
and they pull up wild canes, and they erect a fence of wild cane
mah ,' iar. Rewer lis nilies win wut
completely; it is ï¬Ånished. They say again day belong that
rookoh sar amel; mllies ilangmmil, at nilies ivei
they stop in (the) amel; the tenth day, and the day approaching
nm tisovei, at nimbumbal irop. Et nimarlamp reil nimbwiliel
to the ninth, and nimbumbal is danced.“ A-nd the old men dig a pit
emiin nenwi ar limel; at relevun nimbaai en nimetu
under the beds in the amel ; and they bury yams and coeo—nuts
ngov ar leien. En resimsim nerzei nin mmi limbu,
dry in the ground. And they pull out the leaves of the eroton,
m rams naosin naai molei ; at resiri Hm
and they paint the bark of the mole1'»tree; and they lay (it) on
nemi Mn Mai limbu, en n'im070i remetur Zen. Ei nimbuas ilim
the bed of croton, and the men sleep on it. And ï¬Åve pigs
nimarlam relip. Nimlmas imbweleng nimbongan
the old rnen take. The pig comes (to) the “ mouth" (i.e. door) of
* Ci. the account of the entrance rites to this grade, pp, 420-5.
' See above, p. 30.
' Or more literally “ nimbumlull is run ".
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