Mapun - nika

nika

Marriage (sermon); this term is used to describe the kind of sermon presented to a groom by a religious leader. [This is always preceeded by the word hutba' meaning sermon].

Tud mahap hutba' nika looy bay batsa Imam Parik.

That marriage sermon that Imam Parik read was very good.

N-

-an

(For a groom) to state his readiness to receive his bride (during the wedding ceremony because he's paid a certain amount for her dowry).

Ya' ku bay nganikahan nda ku bong ku ya' bay doman niiya.

I wouldn't have stated my readiness to receive my wife if I hadn't desired her.