Mapun - handa

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To take a wife; to marry a woman; to request permission to marry one's daughter.

Ya' gi kuhi handa anak lalla looy sabap ya' gi luu usaha na.

That man's son is not yet willing to take a wife because he doesn't have any livelihood yet.

Bay ku kapahanda ni paglūng na.

I took a wife from his family.

Mma' ku ya' nima' jama panginum bong handa ni anak na.

My father won't accept a drinker if he requests permission to marry his daughter.

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To assume the responsibility that a man has towards his wife.

Panday ya handa.

He knows how to assume all the responsibilities a man has towards his wife.

An engagement celebration; to hold an engagement celebration (at the future bride's parents' house whereby a date for the wedding is set. Sometimes the dowry is given at this celebration.).

Lay ku kinaddo' me' da handa.

I was invited by them to attend an engagement celebration.

Handa na situ kami sumawung.

We are having an engagement celebration tomorrow.

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(For a young man's parents) to arrange for their son to take a wife.

Pa' Itom-Itom lay mahandān anak na man anak Pa' Saggi.

Uncle Itom-Itom arranged for his son to marry Uncle Saggi's daughter.

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