Muramu

sibling-in-law

Ukama uhu

Muramu mukoma kana munin'ina womunhu wawakaroorana naye. Varamu vanosekana nokutambirana, zvichinzi chiramu. Chiramu chinoitwa nehama chete, kwete nomutorwa. Mazuva ano vamwe vanoshora chiramu nokuti chinogona kuisa vasikana panjodzi.

DiviBy marriage

Anokudana kutiMuramu

KukwazisaMuramu; varamu for several.

In English

Muramu is the brother or sister of the person you married, a relationship known for its licensed teasing, chiramu.

Muramu is an older or younger sibling of your husband or wife. Between varamu runs chiramu, a joking relationship in which they may tease each other, play and even correct one another. A husband's siblings may tease a new daughter-in-law in public at family gatherings (chiroora), and a wife's younger sisters and some of her nieces were allowed a light-hearted, courtship-style teasing with her husband.

Chiramu belongs to kin only: the Yeukai notes point out that chizukuru and chiramu are never used with a stranger. The custom has drawn criticism in recent years because it can be abused, leaving young women exposed to manipulation by older relatives. It also touches the old marriage routes: in chimutsamapfihwa a widower was given his late wife's younger sister, his muramu, to marry.

Mibvunzo.

Who is muramu in Shona?

Muramu is your brother-in-law or sister-in-law: an older or younger sibling of your husband or wife.

What is chiramu in Shona culture?

Chiramu is the joking relationship between varamu, in which they may tease, play and correct each other. It is kept to kin, and in recent years it has been criticised because it can expose young women to abuse.

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

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