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732 MALEKULA
tdnggvt ,' nnou, nembï¬Åseszv/b'kh nembematur mung lm naamal lb'ng&m."
our; I, one (by myself) I'll sleep yet in our amzl.â€ù
H amm atv/weri : “ nggu ngei nggulmbumbalumb J " Attokh. V51/ivivivivi
His friends said : " Thou, thou liest I " They stopped. Time passed 1
. . . Nii/aal iyï¬Ång lieh: atï¬Åvu; atmbwelembal, atglms
. . . War broke out again; they went; they fought, they
sevï¬Åkh, isemahmbinsi. A tnggolou vwelem
hit one (man), he did not quite die. They carried him to the
ghamal ,' atnsu nivinin nembwelanggu,
club-house; they ? the bark of die bastard-cotton tree,
atlagh ran mzmbwilaghai tar. H//wan aw atvweri an ndmur ngei:
they tied (him) to their gong. The friends said to that man:
" Gelehl net new huvweri tughui ngei, marenéng kev/11!â€ù
“ Look! that which you said a long time ago, to-day do thou ! â€ù
" Bwiyang ! ’ ’ Atmm, aitntn mah ; atwwavu.
" Alright ! " They cooked, they ï¬Ånished cooking; they went away.
N dmur ngei iseszvï¬Åkh iiokh nrong Zen nuamal ; imatur.
That man he alone remained still in the club~house ; he lay down to sleep.
N6us iwopf; - ighan mimur Mm imbal; ivi
The rain rained; it “ateâ€ù the man who was killed; it made
nembwelanggu iwier; imlmdah; m‘mI2eMwzm ims 1' ; ilindi
the bastard-cotton moist; it slipped; his neck ? ?; he fell
retani Ighara, itetang gï¬Åmah, irong niar ,'
to the ground. He crawled, he felt in the dark, he felt a' fence ;
itemng sur ; irong nemet bugui, ilugui. Ivu mim i lm
he felt along it; he felt a stile, he stepped over. He went inside
niar, itetang gï¬Åmah lieh, irong naamal ,'
the fence, he felt about in the dark again, felt the club-house;
ivu, irong nimetali ,' inszmmg, isiil vu mim bughut; ileh
he went, he ielt the door ; he opened (it), he entered inside ; he saw
mmm, ivu imwaam saghzm, isieul. Ndwei
a ï¬Åre, he went, he sat clown by it, he crouched over it. The water
new mznsilen nimbatn imiurup lm naam, isisiis. Nï¬Åmur
of the hair of his head dripped into the ï¬Åre, it hissed. The man
mm imatur ngei ind.-arm 1', inggelew, ileh
who was sleeping, he gave a start, he opened his eyes, he saw
nitemah mbweli. I nwlaan, imbus bivirong noumt,
the dead man too much. He was afraid, he talked into the empty air,
4'1/weri .' " Hurong, nembzvi mveei en netenei ï¬Ångl Nï¬Åmbï¬Åghus lieh ! "
he said: “? I shall do what to this thing! I'll hit (it) again l"
I seszz, iser nï¬Åmas -Mam ngei tmm, imera
He stretched out (his hand), he took an ember of that ï¬Åre he rose
vnasemikh dm, ighus Nitemah inderen 1', inggang 1'.
once only, he hit out. The ghost gave a start, he seized (him).
Nï¬Åmur ngei indemwemiam en hm/an av: “Mai! mztaan ti ighnn
That man yelled out to his friends: " Hil this thing is eating
1 More exactly this might be translated " go-go-go-go-"'.