~vi nuduro perform a ritual of engagement (to a girl: se) for [...]

Part of Speech verb-object idiom
Morphology ~vi + nuduro
    • perform a ritual of engagement (to a girl: se) for oneself, or for o.'s son
    • Literally attach a taboo-leaf
      (Part of) Synonym (for)
      • Example 2613:
        Mwatagete iote ka i-vi nuduro se.
        She's already engaged to someone. [lit. A boy has already put up a taboo on her]

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  • Contains:
    • ~vi2 attach, tie ‹leaves› onto s.th. / attach ‹a prohibition, embodied by a taboo-leaf nuduro› (to s.th., ñe) in order to reserve it for oneself