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Kilivila
Pronunciation
Noun
sagali
- ceremonial distribution of yams etc., performed during rituals related to spirits of the dead
References
- Bronisław Malinowski (1916), Baloma; the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands, pp. 165, 205. (retrieved 25 September 2015)
- Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 358. →ISBN