upee² boy going through the initiation rites and wearing the upee hat

Part of Speech

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• • boy going through the initiation rites and wearing the upee hat
  • • culture

  • • Example 7733:
      

      Enaa na upee bata nom komana puana.

      I was an upee boy during the war.

      Source: Hoa 02E(Joy) 020

    • Example 7734:
      

      Meori paa vahivihivi binubinu bata, "Havee to paa kaakoo vuru e upee?"

      They asked everywhere, "Where did the upee-boy go?"

      Source: Hoa 02E(Joy) 029-030

Related entries

• See also:
  • tobara upee the group of boys who go through the initiation rites
  • amarao guardian and instructor of the boys going through initiation who teaches them the culture and their responsibilities in the society
  • amarao ni care as a guardian for someone
  • aobo part of the upee ceremony in which the upee boys are allowed to leave the tobara house
  • bae⁴ enclosure
  • Goeve giant creature of Teop legend which is half man and half monster / figure made of wood and the dreadlocks cut from the heads of past upee boys, symbolising a demon and used in the "obara" part of the upee ceremony
  • tobara² boys' house
  • vaaupee go through the boys' initiation
  • vaupee go through the boys' initiation