bemata long antennae found on certain ritual headdresses [...]

Part of Speech noun
Phonetic Form ᵐbemata
Morphology (?) + mata ‘eyes’
    • long antennae found on certain ritual headdresses (tamate), representing the Spirit's eyes
      • Example 388:
        Noma, mata pon, bemata pon! Tilu.
        In the olden days, their eyes were actually on two antennae.
        Example Comment
        mythical times
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S162

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