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ūgub
1
A divining cane, used in divining ownership or guilt, as described below.
It consists of the the tip end of an arrow-grass cane, bilāu, including unfurled leaves and a small portion of the stalk, about 40 cm. long, used as described below.
2
For two (agent muɴ-) to engage in a cane-throwing contest (theme) against each other (loc ref).
Mun'uggub amin Aligūyun hi mā'et ti alyōnay un'u inākaw di bābuyna.
Aligūyun and I will engage in a cane-throwing contest tomorrow against each other because he says I stole his pig.
This procedure is used to settle disputes over land boundaries; amount remaining, if any, in payment of a purchased pond field; ownership of a pond field or other land; or to determine the guilt or innocence of one accused of the theft of an expensive item such as a pig or wine jar, or of adultery. The accuser and defendant in turn throw divining canes at each other's back. If the defendant is hit, but not the accuser, he loses the dispute and is declared guilty. If the accuser misses, he must pay for the expenses of the sacrificial ceremony of the defendant. If the accuser is hit he must pay an additional fine for making the accusation. In the case of a tie, i.e., when both or neither are hit, settlement is by prior agreement.
abbak, Contests,
3
For someone (agent muɴ-; s agent maN-) to throw a divining cane (theme) at someone (loc ref -on), as described above.
For someone (agent) to use a particular arrow-grass cane, bilāu, (inst i-,paN-) for a divining cane, as described above.
tapa1, Throw Verbs,
4
uggub
For someone (actor -um-; s actor maN-) to defeat someone (patient -on) in a cane-throwing contest, as described above.
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