Entry: Tsomdam
Grammar: n.
Meaning: four-day ceremony which constitutes the fourth and last festival in the four-year festival cycle of the Na:ghɨ. The Tsomdam is the most elaborate of the Na:ghɨ festivals and includes the name giving ceremony (nɨ wa:tnsinɨ ) during which all young Dumi who have not yet been named are given a name by the head shaman. The Tsomdam may be followed by a two-day Nukhil dhyǝknɨ ceremony