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GLOSSARY 743
limbut (r.g.) 1 a member of the Nam» who am as a guardian to the
novices.
(i)limbw:l1'mp : " he deceives " ; cf. nzium limbwzlimp " the house which
deceives " ; one of the houses erected for the Lupus ceremonies.
liinmate : literally " peace " ; the name of a ceremony performed at the
01056 oi the Nalau/ml Kites by means Of which the ghosts who have
been attending them are dismissed in peace. A variety of this
oeremnuy is also performed at the entrance rites to N imangki Nu/aluel.
(ne)l§wis 1 a garter acquired at entrance 170 the Nimangki grade Neliwis.
logho (M.) ; the sacred place belonging to a clan ; CL Seniang mmbrmbrkun.
laghala (L.) ; (r) a variety of bird ; (Z) red paint used in decorating the
mm nï¬Åh; (3) the Stung seat in the dancing ground of Sarernbal,
on which the gong-beater sits.
laghor (L4) : the sacred place belonging eh the Nimangki Tlsl.
tour: " a spot which is set apart, sacred *' ; often preï¬Åxed to the name
oi u village or of SOXTAO part of a village.
Ivar mbur; a variety of tree, the totem ol Luorveli village, and said to
be used for sweating uaths on,
Iughluglriani sea nzlzmflu/.
(i)manu: " lie multers "; used hr muttering a charm.
(ilmnau m'meIm'm: to mutter away an illness, that is to murmur spells
to drive away an illness—a recognized method nl treatment.
mun; (r) signifies the completion of any activity; (2) (used as an
adjective) blunt.
(m')mahal: variety of ï¬Åsh; the nmuw object 0! several clans.
mall:/ndv: species of shrub, prominent in ritual lile, and especially
characteristic of the higher Nimanglii grades.
malandr mm; a special variety of mnlzmdr Planted during iuneral rites.
malzmdr muluumn: a variety of malandr with purple leaves and white
flowers; specially associated with the entrance rites ol Nimanghi
Nellell/all
11111111141 the lmsll turkey; sce also bxmss malau.
(na)mlm'm: (tho) lumilw; controlled by the clan magician of Uraau
village.
(ns)mnvu: (1) variety of wood used for b0W‘Stl].V€B; (2) 1 bow whose
strive is Of this wood.
(mjmam us‘: a. variety oi club, preaumubly made of nemavu wood.
(na)mu:: “the spear."
('m')masiam or (m‘)mnaim (L.): the death-least.
maianhali " the eye of the path " (ï¬Å’0l'l"L malan = " eye " and ‘Vll1h¢l=
"the path "); the place whore the bush path enters the village.
matan (am; (r) the stone head oi an axe; (1) the name o! the g0ng~
rhythm oi Lnoremew village.
(m)mauuI (L): the name of the square "towers" of yams set up for
a 'nelB1MlI).
(M]mba (alsh speltnamlm/14): (1) the turtle; (2) the turtle-shell armlct ;
(3) the banyan treer
(nnlmba lilzrm 1 special kind of turtle-shell armlet warn only by MEMBERS
hi Amal Ndarlump and. higher graaaa.
(ni)mbnai: generic word for all kinds of yarn.
(nilmbaghai (L.) 1 the ceremony 01 knocking out a woman's incisor teeth.
(m1)mb:zl: the black hawk, a bird of great ritual lnrportanha.
(ï¬Åmbalntlml: en beat two pieces of when together. thus -producing a
rhythm, as is done in the rite imbnlmbnl in the Nnlawan ceremonies.
(mjmbnz nin: (r) two sticks, bound about with grass and with wisps
of grass hanging from them at one end, which are fastened to the
mum’: (q.v.) of the Nalawan; (2) numbal nin, the cooked arm ol
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