Mukuwasha

son-in-law

Ukama uhu

Mukuwasha murume akaroora mwanasikana wemhuri. Anotumira munyai kuvabereki vomusikana kuti vazive chinangwa chake. Anotarisirwa kubatsira vatezvara vake panguva dzomufaro nedzenhamo. Anotaura navatezvara naambuya zvine rukudzo, uye haaendi kwavari maoko asina chinhu.

Mienzaniso

Mune umwe muenzaniso unogona kuti mukuwasha wangu ishumba chaiyo pakudya nyama.

Kazhinji vanhu vanoremekedzana vanosanganisira vabereki nevana vavo, mukuwasha nemadzitezvara, mushandi nemushandirwi, mudzidzisi nemudzidzi nevamwewo.

DiviBy marriage

Anokudana kutiTezvara / Ambuya

KukwazisaMukuwasha or mukwasha; vakwasha for several.

In English

Mukuwasha, also written mukwasha, is a daughter's husband, the son-in-law, who owes his wife's family lifelong help and respect.

Mukuwasha is the man who has married a family's daughter; her brothers, sisters and grandparents also count him as their mukuwasha, and a Shona dictionary adds that the man who marries your sister is your mukuwasha too. His marriage begins with roora: he sends a go-between (munyai) to announce his intentions, brings the groceries the bride's family lists, matching the list exactly as a sign of respect, and pays in stages until he is welcomed into the home, greeting his new in-laws with the gusvi clap.

His duties do not end with the payments. Custom required him to sweep the ashes at his in-laws' dare once negotiations had begun, to greet his parents-in-law first whenever they meet, never to visit them empty-handed, and to help in times of joy and hardship: building houses, leading threshing work parties, and taking a central, organising part at his in-laws' ceremonies and funerals. He speaks to his vatezvara and ambuya in the respectful register (chinyarikani).

Mibvunzo.

What is mukuwasha in Shona?

Mukuwasha (or mukwasha) is a son-in-law, the man who has married a family's daughter.

What are the duties of a Shona son-in-law?

He pays roora through a go-between, greets his parents-in-law first, never visits them empty-handed, and helps them in good times and bad, including a central part at their ceremonies and funerals.

Hama dzedivi rimwe chete.

AmbuyaAmbuya is what a man calls his wife's mother, a relationship of strict respect in Shona custom.TezvaraTezvara, usually said as vatezvara out of respect, is the father of your wife or husband.MurumeMurume means husband, and also simply man; a Shona wife may address her husband as baba vevana, 'father of the children'.MukadziMukadzi means wife, and also simply woman; mudzimai is another common word for a wife.MurooraMuroora is a son's wife, the daughter-in-law, who in Shona custom marries into her husband's whole family.VamweneVamwene is a married woman's mother-in-law, the mother of her husband.

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