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GLOSSARY 747
(i)mimiv2s mbatm = (1) the blowing of alternating notes on conch trumpets
during the procession which forms part of the Mbatru ceremonies:
= (2) title of one oi the performers in the Mbatru ceremonies;
probably one of the blowers of the conches.
(Qminmin: to marry a woman who is of a prohibited degree of kinship
or clan-ship.
(m')moma = “ the girl," “ the woman."
(ni)mumogh (L.) : the woman.
(m')mowu1gh 111121 (L.) : a woman who is not a virgin ; (this not a term of
reproach).
(m)mom0gh ta‘/ou or nimogh terou (L.) : the professional woman who knocks
out a girl's teeth.
(ni)m0’os : a plant used ior making ï¬Åsh poison.
(ni)m0r belz : “ the bridegroom."
(ni)movva'al = the title of a man renowned as a warrior.
(ni)morat = "the man."
maul (L.): bad, evil, dangerous.
mug]: new nelan (Lg.) : the title of the senior member of the highest Nelun
grade, who acts as master of the ceremonies during the celebration
of the rites.
mugh 1/:1 (Lg.) : novices entering the Nslan for the ï¬Årst time.
mugh vel (IB.N.) : (1) a circumcision candidate (see also ban) ; (2) the boy-
lover in a homosexual union.
(n¢)m¢4gut nagha (M.) : “the man of nogho â€ù; the clan magician; cf.
Seniang (m')mb/Min -nawuv.
(m')muI: (L.) : the cycas.
(ni)mzmm/aien (L.) : the spell, charm.
(m')mum wengk = (1) a variety of tree ; = (2) irnplements—e.g., digging-
stiok—made from this wood ; = (3) stakes set up round the tzmas
planted in the mam-/xhal for the rites oi Nimamgki N imew, on which
are put promissory coco-nuts given by the introducer.
(naymmggut = “ the banana."
(nB)munggul moral: a variety oi banana which only men may eat.
(n5)mur uaal (L.) : (I) a man who is a renowned ï¬Åghter; (z) " the
warrior," a, name for the small bull-roarer used in incision cere-
monies.
murh val (Lar.) : the candidate for incision.
(ne)mwamen (L.) : the " maker â€ù or purchaser in a Nimmzgki celebration,
(m')mu/ail = “the cycas.â€ù
mwalnggilz sex—and-iertility magic; also used for ï¬Åshing magic, house-
building magic, eto., but never for any kind of death~and-sickness
magic. It is also pronounced mahmggfl which is the name in Mewun
myth for the elder son of the ï¬Årst Knbat (q.v.).
(m')mwil (L.) 1 see (n2)mule.
(m')mwim'n = “ the spirit " ; used for the spirit of a human being and
oi certain plants and animals.
(ni)mwitew = bixa orellana; the fruit is used for making red paint.
(ne)mzp (L.) : ceremony in the rites of the N imnngki Misi whereby women
who are in mourning are released from this and allowed to return
to normal life.
(mlndar = the coral tree, erythrina.
ndelndel/mas: a gong-rhythm sounded especially when a pig is about to
be killed; also the rhythm of the “ Black" Nimimghi grades.
(1e)ndilis nggvrnggar = “ they destroy the ience " ; the rite by which
a widow is released from her mourning.
(nz)miu1: a variety of sickness-magic worked by “ poison â€ù.
(nilninin (L.) : the soul; cf. Seniang (ni)mm'm"n.