ma-biikl lmma-biika [l l m]ma-bisa [l m l](lit. mother's child) maternal relative; (in a narrow sense:) child of the same mother or of a woman from that mother's house living in the same compound as the first woman (cf. also ma-biri n.), in contrast to ko-bisa, ma bisa refers to the closer relatives, ko-bisa to the more distant onesNaab-oa, nya, ka nangsaba nyam, naa ma-biik ale Aboning.Cow, look, you have hooves, so you are a (close) relative of Mr. Donkey.ma-bi-ngobing [l m l l], pl. ma-bi-ngobingsa [l m l l l]child of one's own mother (and father), full brother or sister (cf. also ngobi v.)Yenide ka n ma-bi-ngobing yeri.This house is my full brother's (sister's) house.
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