Sama, Central

half-orphan.

Iluh is a person of any age, having only one living parent.

N-

to grieve for a parent who has died.

Ngiluh aku basa mmah ku lai na matey.

I am grieving because my father is dead now.

pitiful.

From a mosque sermon about funeral expenses

Even if we are to be given a material blessing, the poor among us still cannot afford it.