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GLOSSARY 751
(nB)t¢l = the cord.
(ne)tel muluumn; a special cord made only in Lan-ibumbu and Bagasa
iron: a creeper called mbirip ; it is pl.lI'Ch3.S€d at enuance to high
Nimangki grades, and is used for fastening on the head-dress worn
during the dances of these grades.
(m)tel silks: said to be a mat in the form of a man ; an object of the
greatest sanctity, made only in Lambumbu. The privilege of seeing
it is purchased at entrance to Nimanghi Namu.
(1:i)temuh (L.) : (1) a ghost ; (2) an instrument made from a large bamboo
pipe supported at one end used in the incision rites ; (3) the ceremony
which concludes the funeral rites and ends the period of mourning;
(4) efligies carved out oi wood.
(ni)!2mah takhtnkh (L.) : “ the ghost he endures " ; a name for the large
bull-roarer (" the mother") which is used in the incision rites.
tzmes: (I) a ghost ; (2) an effigy set up for ï¬Åre entrance rites of every
Nimangki grade in which an ancestral spirit is believed to reside
intermittently; (3) subsidiary efligies oiten set up for entrance rites to
Nimamgki grades, but whether believed to be occupied ever by spirits
is not stated ; (4) the name oi one of the faces carved on the numbou
timbarap (q.v.) ; (5) the name of a design on an arm-band “ belonging
to " the grade Nimzmgki New/eluel.
tomes malau (tsmes = ghost ; maluu = bush turkey) 1 (1) a mythological
being, apparently especially associated with the N alau/an N imbwilei
grades; (2) a certain kind of mask connected with the Nalawan,
possibly the same as the iemes nagaal ; (3) a heavy wooden “ mask "
or disguise, worn at some stage during the entrance rites to Nalauum
Nimbwilei.
temzs mbalmbul: the hats or masks of the Nalawam society.
lzmes mbalmbal noon im : " the temes mbalmbal with two faces â€ù ; possibly
the same as the temes mzplzl ; a mask which belongs to the grade
Numbau aimbamp.
lï¬Åmes mbalmbal norm isii = " the temes mblzlmbal with one iaceâ€ù; a
variety of mask belonging to the grade Nisamp.
lzmzs mbalai: an important variety of non»human bush spirit; the
visible {arm of the " spirit " of e naai male tree.
lemes mbatm: the two larger temes carved with two faces, set up at
entrance to the grade Mbatm.
temes mzainggol: the wooden cylinders which when blown into made a.
sound which is supposed to be the noises oi the ancestral spirits;
these cylinders are very sacred and belong to the Nalawun society.
temes nupal : one of the masks oi the Nalawan ; worn only by members
of Nimburilei or higher grades.
temes ndmrmdam: the name oi the gong-rhythrn beaten to announce
that a man has been killed in war. -
temes (m')mbwemwe1'l = “ the young cycas temes " ; the name oi a mask
belonging to the grade Ame] Sesmcmdur; it is also called temes
mbalmbal noon lllil, that is " the temes mbalmbal with three
faces ".
temes niuinbur : the ï¬Ågures and modelled heads used during the Nivinbur
rites.
temes (nu)mb-step: a. variety of mask belonging to the grade Naainggol
or perhaps Lelengmfal.
temes pnpas: a variety of mask belonging to the grade Naamel Limbu.
temes mmbu : a rite of divination by means oi which it is discovered what
village is responsible for a person's death. '
tame: mmbumbal z a variety of plant planted for the death feast.
tame: sumjasumpz (I) the temes of the Nimangki grade Tambap, which