Freelang Kipsigis-English dictionary

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The Kipsigis culture where it possible for a married woman to get a ‘wife’

Did you know that it is acceptable to marry another woman in some cultures – and I am not talking about lesbianism here. Among the Kipsigis of Kenya, a woman who has no sons or children can be allowed to ‘marry’ another woman to bear her children. The woman will choose a ‘wife’ and who the lover of the ‘wife’ should be by paying one cow. Children who are born from such unions are recognized as belonging to the cow giver’s clan. In [...]

Kipsigis is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Kenya by the Kipsigis tribe (470,000 people). It's a dialect of Kalenjin, along with Nandi and Keiyo.

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This dictionary was made by Patrick Langat.

Kipsigis > English: 1,020 words
English > Kipsigis: 1,142 words

Last update: March 21, 2014
First upload: September 5, 2005

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