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"text": "In other words, polygamous societies differ markedly with regards to allowing kin, especially sisters, to become co-wives. Sororal polygamy is practised in some societies because it is believed to foster greater cohesiveness among co-wives sharing values and norms, whereas it is specifically forbidden in other polygamous societies.",
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"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "madu"
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"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "tsudò"
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "ਸੌਂਕਣ"
},
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"english": "second wife",
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"roman": "vtorája žená",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
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"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
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},
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"text": "If a co-wife had sought the lives of those three of thine.",
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"text": "If the senior wife decides to make life unbearable for her co-wife and their husband, she is likely to succeed in forcing the newcomer to leave.",
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"ref": "2008, Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen, Polygamy: a cross-cultural analysis, page 32",
"text": "In other words, polygamous societies differ markedly with regards to allowing kin, especially sisters, to become co-wives. Sororal polygamy is practised in some societies because it is believed to foster greater cohesiveness among co-wives sharing values and norms, whereas it is specifically forbidden in other polygamous societies.",
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"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "mke mwenza"
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"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "палонҷ"
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"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "kuma"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "ortak"
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"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
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"word": "co-wife"
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