Yakan - luwa'2

luwa'2

Co-wife.

Any of multiple wives other than the first is called a luwa'.

Dende iyan ennem luwa'nen, kepitu' iye ne.

That woman has six co-wives; she is the seventh (i.e. she is the first wife).

Ekka siye magluwa'in.

They are many co-wives.

16.1

-an

To take a co-wife (said of a man).

Luwa'anne andanen.

He takes a co-wife for his wife (lit. he co-wives his wife).

anda anda po'on anda tuggu