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748 MALEKULA
(ne)m¢i = (1) blood, sap of a tree ; (2) a bright red paint of great sanctity
made from certain earth.
(ne)mz (L.) : the croton ; this is especially the sacred plant of the Nim-
Mlgki Tlel.
(re)nsa'nsav-ill (L.): the great washing ceremony which takes place on
the ï¬Åith day after birth ; cf. (r.e)nsamZI.
nszmgnsa/ng (L.) : to make Oï¬Åerings of puddings to the spirits of the dead.
(re)nsaviil (L.): to wash.
(v:)nsa1/121 m nisii Kiel (L.) : “ they wash the sacred thing " ; this is the
ceremonial killing oi the pig which is paid at a Nimamgki or mlemew
celebration, Ior the new penis wrapper.
(nwsmsonggur (L.) 1 perform the nsansonggorian rite.
nsensonggorian (L.) : a rite connected with the Ninumgki Tie! in which
the last pig exchanges are made in connection with a man’s death ;
corresponds to the niiemah pigwere not members of the Nimangki Tlel.
(ms)ns(m')nsLmggul (L.): the hibiscus; sacred to the Nimangki Misi.
(ne)nsuI naai (L.) : the stick given by the bride’s father to the bride-
groom to symbolize the transfer of authority over the woman.
(ni)nsum (L.) : corresponds to the nimbinben armlet of Seniang.
(m)nsumsur nagss (L.) : to pay a pig to “ wash out the name ", that is
to cancel a kinship bond.
(m')1m : a special variety of hat or mask worn by candidates to Nalmmm
Vinbamp when dancing.
(na)ngamgaI mialinge (Ue.) 1 the bull-roarer, used in the incision rites.
Winggalal = the nettle-tree.
ninggalat mbua : a. special variety of the nettle-tree to which the ancestral
tree of the people of Loorlanggalat village belonged.
(i)ngg1'l'ngg'ile0 (L.) : the payment made by a man to his wife’s brother
ten days after the birth of a child.
ninginggia : the plant from whose leaves a red infusion is made to repre-
sent blood in ‘the New/inbuv rites.
ninggingia nemar mbong : a. plant whose leaves are used for making rain.
m‘/ngginggia nuuzlil hay: the phrase used to denote the whole preparation
of coco-nut milk and other ingredients used in the naming rites.
mmggub : a circle of small stone set up in certain Nalawan and N imamgki
rites.
nggar = to bar, obstruct.
nggornggoy = a fence.
ngguwggu (L.) : the paying oi a pig as an earnmt when a man is unable
to make an adequate return gift to the animals presented to him
at a nelemem celebration.
(mz)nggunmggm' mwai (L.) : the stone partition which separates the amel
irom the dancing ground at Sarembal village.
mmggut = the banana.
nunggut morot: a variety of banana specially associated with men and
tabu to most women.
(ne)ngungakhmie1 (M.) : the bull-roarer.
ngunggur or ngungunu: a nose-stick.
(i)amp= “ he throws,â€ù used of the presentation oi the pig which the
introducer gives to the candidate during the entrance rites to a
Nalawam or Nimangki grade.
(na)on = " the face.â€ù
(no)0nd = “ the basket."
(n0)omi nimbatin tames: the basket in which the skull of a dead man is
planed.