toplau club house reserved to men, esp. initiated men / male [...]

Part of Speech noun
Phonetic Form toplau
Variant Form(s) topulau
Tanema Equivalent nalama agora
Lovono Equivalent mwagore, mwoe gore
    • club house reserved to men, esp. initiated men
      • Ethn
      • Example 2503:
        Moe uña dapa gete, enga ini Moe Toplau.
        The house of young men is called the Toplau house.
      • Example 2504:
        Teliki, samame dap' wopine, dapa gete, ne toplau; da viñevi, ne mwoe.
        The chief, together with elders and young boys, can go in the men’s club; but women stay in their houses.
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S127
    • male initiations
      • Sense Comment hence
      • Example 1252:
        Ai' iape kape i-la men' iape i-koioi ne Toplau.
        The father would introduce his son into the Men's House.
    • ritual house, reserved to a certain group of people
      • Sense Comment by ext

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