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GLOSSARY 741
em’ ab: the song-and-dance of the low or “ black " Nimungki grades.
(ne)srew: the clan fertility ceremonies performed by the clan magician
(nimbatin nun/or) for the increase of some species of plant or animal,
etc., or for causing some natural phï¬Ånfllnellbnr
(ne)es ; a. green paint made from a. stone, and used for decorating the body
and the iemes set up for a Nimnmgki grade.
(n)ev/stun = the yam house.
(i)gah 1 " unclean,â€ù in the sense in which things appertaining to women
are “ unclean â€ù.
gamal (L.) 1 equivalent to the amzl of Seniang; sometimes spelt
amal.
(na)gumb0'r (Lg.) : structures corresponding to the (na)az'mbm' of
Larnbumbu.
(na)ghamal (B.N.) : (r) the men's club-house; (z) any house set up for
ritual purposes.
(na)ghamb (-Lg.): the ï¬Åre.
(na)ghamp (B.N.) : the ï¬Åre.
(1w)ghuro (L.) 1 the Clan fertility ceremonies; cf. the Menu; of Seniang.
(n0)ghM0 ndmuv (L.) : the great ceremony of “ making man ", performed
every eight years by the men of Lembelag. '
(na)gharuian (L.) : the dance of the Naai Mdvlih society.
(na)ghvr (Onua) 2 the novice.
(no)ghorghov (L.) : a special tabu-mark set up to protect coco~nuts from
thieves.
(m4)ghumb6 (Lg.) : the sacred, prehistoric pottery; cf. Seniang naamboi.
(na)hal: the path.
(na)hal amut: a bush path which can be closed to the public.
(na hal lamp: a bush path which cannot be closed ; a right-of-way.
(na ha! lemss : " the path of ghosts," which link individual villages in
Seniang and Mewun.
(na)halwng: (1) wild taro; (2) the peace—ma.king dance.
(na)halm: an unidentiï¬Åed plant of which the leaf is used in the ritual
of marriage.
hamal (Lg.): the men's clubhouse.
hambal (L.): (I) a mythical here who instituted the Noghara Niinmr
and Nagharo Ndam and dwelt at Lembelag ; (2) the sacred coco-nut
said to have sprung from the skull of this man ; (5) the title of the
performers in the Noghavo Ndmur.
hamil tumb (Lg.) : the sacred place of the clan ; cf. Seniang nembrmbrkzm.
(-nsllwm: the ï¬Åeld ; the yarn garden.
(na)hm: the name.
(m)hm mlmbuas : a variety of arm-band, a mark of the grades Namnel
Ewan, Naamel Ndarlamp, and Muluunm Sumbzmm.
(ne)hevhe;9 : a variety of yarn which, if eaten by one who has made death-
magic. will ldll him.
hinm nimbwilei: “ the mother gong "; the largest variety of gong.
(i)hu. : “ he gives," used of the presenting of pigs by a candidate to his
introducer in the Nalau/an and Nimangki ceremonies.
(nulhulz " the torch â€ù made of wild canes.
(nu)-Jew: the pudding made of taro, or of tare and ï¬Åsh.
(nayiem nimzh: variety of pudding eaten by a woman's female relatives
during her pregnancy.
indihep: a plant whose leaves are used in invisibility-magic.
has (Onua) : the incision rites.
(ni)ismb¢t: the mat-skirt worn by women.
("ne)5um: " the house," used for a dwelling»house, never for the club-
house.