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achambi

noun

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Meaning
  1. A ceremony celebrating birth. This is performed five or six days after a birth. After purifying the mother with water and juniper smoke, girls take burning branches from the fire and run to the temple of Jestak, make a bonfire and jump over the flames shouting, "a'chambi a." It is called tus'ul'ek in Bumburet. It is known by this name only in Rumbur.
  2. birth ceremony
  3. A ceremony celebrated five or six days after a child is born, primarily observed in the Rumbur valley.
Examples

achambi Jestak go'i o'rik

The achambi ceremony is held at the Jestak temple.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis term is used specifically in Rumbur; in Bumburet, this ceremony is called tus'ul'ek.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.