manii² a girl that accompanies an adolescent girl in her initiation [...]

• • a girl that accompanies an adolescent girl in her initiation ceremony after the latter had had her first menstruation
  • • culture

  • • Example 4126:
      

      Rerau, na antee nana a beiko vai to peepeha momohu bata ki nana bona moon, na dao riori bona manii.

      And so, it is alright for the child that climbs first before the girl, they call the possum (i.e. before the maurata girl).

      Source: Vos 03R(Vos) 169-170

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• See also:
  • maurata² girl who has her first menstruation and is going through a particular ritual which forces her to stay hidden in a particular place
  • kopuru top of a tree