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744 MALEKULA
e cannibal victim. (These two words may he quite distinct, how-
ever.)
(i)vn-linmbdl "to expiate "; (1) £0 pay oompensation for having broken
a ’cabu observed towards relatives by m,e,n‘iage 1 (2) to make a. payment
to cancel 8. relationship (“to wash out the mine ") ,~ (3) to make
a payment to the men who have taken part in B Lupus ceremony
to remove from them the "uncleanness“ (igzzh) which has fallen
upon unnn as a Iï¬Åillif of this purticipaï¬Åon.
(Ombwmp: said of 3 boy before he is old enough to be interested in
> women and ï¬Åghting. _ _ ‘ _
(m)mbnn 1 the mat pnc upon the head of a girl after her initiation, which
marks her social maturity.
(mmbim mlmrmbzp ; two mats, the right w W831‘ which over the shoulders
is purchased by a man at entrance to Nimangkd New/at Namlmr.
(number: nun/ep: a. belt of special SANCTITY, made only in Lambumbu,
and associated with the Nimangki grade Namu,
(mqmaang (L.): the banyan, _ _
(m)mbizng lam (L_): n leaf which when chewed 1! believed to act as an
smzssthetic.
nlbnngllï¬Åi the structure set up over the tflmas mbntm in the dancing
ground at the entrance rites to Nimnngki Mbatm ; in Shape it is like
the niszzmp of the Nnlau/an grade Nisnmp.
(m')mbzmgszi: a variety of deat.h- and Sickness-magic worked by means
of the excreta, etc., of the victim.
(na)mb1mgsz'an (L4) : a form of death-magic believed to have been intro-
duced from Seniang; cf. [m')mbizngs2|'.
(i)mba{>: inï¬Åll used to describe a. man who has excelled in acquiring
power, wealth, etc.
m')mI>a:ar: " the village."
Em')mImsa'/ isi: “the one village," ire. the clan.
(m')mbat: (I) " the bond "; (z) “ the foot " of n tree; mg‘ mmbalin
mlmba: “ the foot of the ballyan tree."
m')mbaIin nowur: the " head " or clan magician.
nijmbalin mm‘ nah (L.) : soroerers; men who iractise naai Mb magic.
mbal mew (L.): (r) a ceremony in which a girl purchases a name and
with ii: status ; (2) a. gong-rhythm oi very great complexity belonging
to this rite,
mbai mivkh : the house built I0!‘ tho celebration of the Lm1gamba.sr7'.teS-
(m')mb.m' tautvp: a, form of dcath- and sickness-magic.
mbelmbnl (L.) : 3 gong-rhythm beaten when 8 pig is being presentedr
(1')mb2ml7nng (L.) = to pay a ï¬Åne of n pig for breaking one of the mini
connected with the Nimangki Tlelr '
mbambangk (Lg.) ; the payment oi a. pig made by anyone who has violated
the mbus relating to relatives by marriage.
(m')mb:mb:w: a. large, sea-going canoe, formerly used in trading
expeditions along the west coast. The right to own or to travel in
one was formerly purchased at a. N ivnangki festival and was associated
with high rank.
€ni)mbl15j7 = the pandimus tree.
m)mbztej> = thfl bread-fruit.
(mmm mial: a. variety of " male " yam; it is llsï¬Åcl to represent " the
corpse " lying on the bier in the entrance rites of Nalmuan Ni:/imt.
(ne)mbswas 2 a oertain plant used in magic ; regarded as ilea ; also used
in the entrance rites to Ndlawan Vinbamp.
(n2)mbilE : (1) a. crobon oi which there are two varieties 1 mmbile mama),
8. red omton, and nembil: lflflilli 6. yellow oroton ; both " belong bu â€ù
the Nalizwan; (2) a certain kind of bird.
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