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English Description |
Shona |
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dowry - money and/or cattle that, by Shona custom, a
husband must pay to his wife's family before they can officially get married |
roora KMZ |
|
fee paid to father-in-law for walking through morning
dew |
rugumabeto M; rusvayadova KZ |
|
fee paid for summoning father-in-law from where he was
sitting |
kubvakumarara Z |
|
fee paid to father-in-law for sitting down during marriage
transactions |
garaiparukukwe Z |
|
fee paid to father-in-law for stroking beard |
matekenyandebvu Z |
|
fee paid for being allowed to ask about father-in-law's
health |
uchiro Z |
|
fee paid for being allowed to visit (before completion
of marriage transactions) |
mbonano Z |
|
small fee paid to father-in-law for, opening his mouth |
zaruramuromo KMZ |
|
fee paid to father-in-law when the munyai opens his
purse |
zarurahomwe KMZ |
|
fee paid to father-in-law for climbing onto the wall
of cattle kraal, before approving roora cattle |
hwiradanga KZ |
|
fee paid to father-in-law for seeing his ddowry cattle |
mesoemombe KZ; mhangidzadanga M |
|
fee paid to father-in-law for driving dowry cattle |
rushamhu Z |
|
fee paid to father-in-law for permission to take wife
to her husband's home |
rusumudzo KMZ |
|
consideration paid to father-in-law when he has reached
village to which his daughter has eloped |
nhumburamafeso KZ |