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ᦶᦙᧈᦏᧁᧉmææ⁵tʰaw³20001nounmaternal grandmother (mother's mother)4.1.9.1.1Grandfather, grandmother2nounold woman. [Note: Used pronominally by or to an older woman.]ᦶᦙᧈ ᦏᧁᧉ ᦔᦲ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦁᦱ ᦍᦳ ᦺᦡᧉ ᧙᧘ ᦔᦲ.The old woman is 98 years old this year.2.6.4.5Old personᦶᦙᧈᦏᧁᧉᦶᦙᧈᦏᧁᧉᦖᦸᧃᧈ
ᦶᦙᧈᦑᦱᧁᧉmææ⁵taaw⁶nounone's actual mother (as opposed to other people one might call ᦶᦙᧈ)4.1.9.1.2Father, motherᦶᦙᧈᦑᦱᧁᧉ
ᦶᦙᧈᦓᦱᧉmææ⁵naa⁶nounstepmother; father's new wife after the death of one's mother4.1.9.1.2Father, motherᦶᦙᧈᦓᦱᧉ
ᦶᦙᧈᦓᦱᧂmææ⁵naaŋ⁴nounmarried woman. [Note: This is used with the name of a married woman. It is also used by a man to refer to his wife or speak to his wife.]ᦏᦱᧄ ᦵᦙ ᦞᦱᧈ: “ᦶᦙᧈ ᦓᦱᧂ, ᦔᦲᧃ ᦉᧂ ᦣᦱ?”He asked his wife, 'Wife, what is wrong?'4.1.9.2.1Husband, wifeᦶᦙᧈᦓᦱᧂ
ᦶᦙᧈᦔᦱᧉmææ⁵paa³nounaunt; older sister of mother or father, or of wife or husband4.1.9.1.6Uncle, auntᦶᦙᧈᦔᦱᧉ
ᦶᦙᧈᦔᦲmææ⁵pii¹nounthe 12-year cycle in the Lue calendar. [Note: The year that started in April 2000 was ᦷᦂᧆ (on the 10-year cycle) and ᦉᦲ (on the 12-year cycle). The year starting in April 2001 was a ᦷᦟᧂᧉ ᦺᦉᧉ year, moving forward one step on each cycle. See ᦔᦲ pii¹ 'year' for more information.]ᦔᦲ1 1ᦶᦙᧈᦂᦱᧇᦺᦈᧉᦶᦙᧈᦔᦲᦺᦈᧉᦔᧁᧉ2ᦍᦲ2ᦖᧁᧉᦉᦲ3ᦺᦉᧉ2ᦉᦇᦵᦙᧆ3ᦉᧃ1ᦣᧁᧉ2ᦵᦉᧆᦺᦅᧉ38.4.1.6Year
ᦶᦙᧈᦖᦸmææ⁵mɔɔ¹nounfemale shaman; guardian of the household spirits, typically the oldest woman of the houseᦅᦳᧃ ᦺᦓ ᦵᦣᦲᧃ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦘ ᦍᦱᧆ ᦛᧂ ᦺᦆᧈ ᦷᦊᧅ ᦊᦱ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦠᦻ ᦠᦱᧅ ᦶᦙᧃᧈ ᦊᦴᧈ, ᦑᧁᧈ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦶᦤᧃ ᦵᦑᧂᧈ ᦊᦱᧈ ᦺᦔ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦗᦸᧈ ᦖᦸ ᦶᦙᧈ ᦖᦸ ᦷᦊᧅ ᦊᦱ.If somebody in your house is ill it is right to seek treatment, but certainly don't have a male or female shaman treat it.4.9.7.1Religious personᦶᦙᧈᦖᦸ
ᦶᦙᧈᦖᦻᧉmææ⁵maaj³2000nounwidowᦺᦡᧉ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦶᦙᧈ ᦖᦻᧉ ᦂᧇ ᦷᦕ ᧒ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦗᦻ ᦀᦸᧃ.She was a widow of two former husbands.4.1.9.3Widow, widowerᦶᦙᧈᦖᦻᧉ
ᦶᦙᧈᦘᦰᦍᦱᧆmææ⁵pʰajaat⁵2000noungermᦶᦙᧈ ᦘᦰ ᦍᦱᧆ ᦟᧅ ᦎᦲᧆ ᦙᦹ ᦺᦞᧉ, ᦑᦸᧂᦰ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦠᧃ, ᦊᦲᧇ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦺᦡᧉ.Germs stick to your hands; you can't see them and you can't pick them off.2.5.5Cause of diseaseᦶᦙᧈᦘᦰᦍᦱᧆᦶᦙᧂᦶᦙᧈᦘᦰᦍᦱᧆ
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