junggayi

Word Class: NAdj

ritual manager (person, usually adult male, in his capacity as supervisor or watchdog over the rituals and property--totems and land--of his mother>s clan; includes specific duties such as painting totemic body designs and punishing negligence or sacrilege in ritual matters)

Other information:

Notes: HumSg: junggayi-nyung. 49.1.2ff. Pl: ju-junggayi (rdp. often omitted). 89.1.8. Cf. nigararij, bunggawa, lhal-abal (s.v. abal).