by Dr. Chris Ballard, Australian National University
| FORM/TYPE | DESCRIPTION |
| COMPENSATION | |
| Nogo abildamba | Major compensation paid by a wai tene war leader to his allies for the death or wounding of their members; usually preceded by a nogo dabua payment. |
| Nogodabua | Initial compensation paid by a wai tene to his allies for the death or wounding of their members, in order to forestall immediate attempts at revenge on his own kin. |
| Nogo gima | Payment by a wai tene to an ally who has killed an enemy; restricted amongst Huli to the Yaluba, Mogoropugua and Lebani areas, and said to be a Duna custom. |
| Nogomabura | Payment made by an individual who has killed someone in war to the victim’s kin or allies; paid only if the killer is identified. |
| Nogomagu | Pigs given as a loan to allies to enable them to meet compensation demands. |
| Nogo Nigi | Payment made by a wai tene to allies for their injuries; also known as nogo kaga. |
| Nogo palipalo | Payment of one pig each made between enemies to mark the cessation of warfare, particularly in instances where no deaths or injuries have been sustained on either side. |
| Nogo tauwa | Payment made by a man to the parents or kin of a woman with whom he has had illicit sex (i.e. sex without the prior payment of wariabu brideprice). Payments now vary with size according to the marital status of the woman. |
| Nogo timu | Payment for a victim of war made by the opposing wai tene to the victim’s kin. Like compensations made to allies, these payments are conducted in two phases: preliminary dabua and major abi stages. |
| Marriage / Childhood | |
| Nogo tuai | Pig killed by a man before having sexual intercourse with his wife for the first time. |
| Nogo wariabu | Pigs paid by a man and his kin as brideprice to the kin of his wife. Effectively a form of compensation, as implied by the etymological gloss wari wali (woman) + abu abi (father) (Goldman 1981b). |
| Ma Hiralu | The former celebration of a infant’s survival to the first year, marked by the father killing a pig. Replaced since mission contact by the “birthday” celebration. |
| Nogo ndi tingi | Pig killed by a man to celebrate his first marriage, of which a quarter section is given to the wife and the stomach is given to an older woman giving instruction (dagia gamu) to the wife; also known as nogo bo dawa hana |
| Nogo tuai | Pig killed by a man before having sexual intercourse with his wife for the first time. |
| Nogo wariabu | Pigs paid by a man and his kin as brideprice to the kin of his wife. Effectively a form of compensation, as implied by the etymological gloss wari wali + abu abi (father) (Goldman 1981b). |
| RITUAL | |
| Gebe Nogo | Pigs given to gebeali ritual officiants by individuals sponsoring performances of gebe rituals; also known as burugu abi nogo. |
| Iba tiri nogo | Individual pigs sacrificed in the course of dindi bayabaya rituals at major gebeanda ritual sites; known at the Bebenite gebeanda as nogo yabe. |
| Liru nogo | Pigs given to liruali ritual officiants by individuals sponsoring a ritual involving Liru ritual stones |
| Tege Nogo | Inclusive category for all pigs killed and sacrificed at tege rituals; terms for pigs employed in individual components of the tege ritual include: balu nogo, pari nogo, wa nogo, guru nogo, ngui mago. |
(Extract from The Death of a Great Land: Ritual, History and Subsistence Revolution in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea; Australian National University, Canberra, 1995). tables 23).