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Story: A man respects his wife's mother
Title
A man respects his wife's mother
Collection
Summary
A man respects his mother-in-law's name and does not speak it. His mother-in-law addresses him as 'son-in-law'. When his mother-in-law is silent he is silent. He addresses his wife's father as his ≠khumm.
Comments
1) p.9834v: an explanation of the terms ≠khumm and |ui sau, which are used for addressing the father- or son-in-law and the mother- and daughter-in-law, 2) This story is found in Book XI & XII-10
Contributors
Date
27 May 1881
Categories
Keywords
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Story Pages
9832-9835
