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Entry: amma pakma
Comments: vide ma pakma.
Entry: ma pakma, -mma pakma
Grammar: n.
Meaning: ego's father's second wife (if ego is the child of the first wife).
Entry: pakma
Grammar: n.
Meaning: someone's second wife
Derivation: [< pakmaʔ be the younger + -ma NOM/f]
Comments: aNga pakma-re kusaʔ-ʔɛ I am the son of the second wife; (bigamy is a traditionally accepted though by no means widespread practice in Limbu society; bigamy is legal under current Nepali law, provided neither the first wife nor a sympathizer have filed a complaint with the authorities within 45 days after the second marriage, but polygamy involving more than two wives is illegal); cf. tumma.
Entry: pakmaʔ, -pag-/-pak-
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: 1) delve, draw soil, mine; 2) scrape or rake towards oneself.
Entry: pakmaʔ, -pakt-/-pak-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: be younger, be the younger one.
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