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alkumé

[alkuˈme]

verb

LanguageAfar (Ethiopia)

Meaning
  1. pay a bride price
  2. To give money or goods to a bride's family as part of the marriage tradition.
Examples

Isi garayyo alkumé.

He paid the bride price for his wife.

Pronunciationalkuˈme

Part of speechverb

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.