Sama, Central

wife.

halla

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to have a wife; to be married.

Bey handa kow?

Were you married?

pa-, caus.

to ask for a wife.

Bey mahanda sigeya, bey mahanda ngudjuh, mbal bey noongan basa pag nisokatan mbal bey taaku.

They [the boy's parents] asked for a wife, [they] asked for a wife [in a manner which was interpreted as ridicule, [they] were not sincere because when the negotiations [started], [they said they] could not afford [it].

to be husband and wife.

magdikayuh (dikayuh), maglakibini (lakibini)