Toplau mwa gete a men's club house (toplau) reserved to younger men [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	toplau mʷaᵑgete
Morphology	toplau ‘club house’ + ma ‘(home) to’ + gete ‘youngster’

• • a men's club house (toplau) reserved to younger men (dapa gete) for their initiations
  • • Ethn

  • • Example 2507:
      

      Ni-ko ne-wasi kaipa ñe Toplau mwa gete na.

      I wanted to tell you about the Men's Initiation house.

    • Example 2508:
      

      Ba-romo Toplau mwa gete pe i-ka mina tanoe pon, i-vio.

      We saw the Men's initiation house come out of the ground, and stand in front of us.

      Example Comment

      myth of Toplau mwa gete

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• See also:
  • toplau club house reserved to men, esp. initiated men / male initiations / ritual house, reserved to a certain group of people