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ta'ta'in

A connubial harvest pig.

At harvest time, īwang, following the marriage, ihāwa 2, of a young couple, the parents of the groom give a pig as a donation for use in harvesting the bride's fields; similarly the parents of the bride give a pig to be used in harvesting the groom's fields. This is done only if the couple has established a home and has inherited the parental fields. The size of pig given depends on the relative wealth of the bride or groom, determined by the number of fields she or he has inherited. It ranges from a small pig, mahinagat, to an old sow, lābah.

For parents-in-law (agent; s agent maN-) to give a connubial harvest pig to their child through marriage (loc ref -an), as described above.

pana'ta'in; mana'ta'in

For someone (agent) to use a particular pig (inst i-, paN-) for a connubial harvest pig.

Ongol nan bābuy an nana'ta'in Kīlah hinan payaw Duklap an ni'yappūana.

The pig which Kīlah used for a connubial harvest pig for the (harvest of) the pond fields of Duklap, the one to whom he relates as an affinal sibling, was large.