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Story: A man respects his wife's mother

Title

A man respects his wife's mother

Collection

Lucy Lloyd !kun notebooks

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

!nanni (XI)

Date

27 May 1881

Categories

Custom and daily life

Keywords

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Story Pages

9832-9835

Page Images

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Book: BC_151_A2_1_118

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Book: BC_151_A2_1_118