pasu3 compensation, i.e. money or valuables that the woman's clan pay [...]

Part of Speech n2
    • compensation, i.e. money or valuables that the woman's clan pay to her husband's clan when he has died as a compensation for all the work he has done for the woman and their children. When later the woman has died, the man's clay pays the "compensation" back.
      • economics
      • Example 4692:
        Murina pae vakavara ori bona mate, eori repaa vakirikiri mana ni bona pasu.
        After they have buried the dead body, they will eventually divide the pasu among themselves.
        Source:
        Sii 23W 021
      • Example 5425:
        Bea moon mate nasu, a papana tea otei repaa pau vaha bona pasu teo vuri mate teve.
        If the woman dies, the man's clan will do what the woman's clan did when he died. (lit. ... will pay back the compensation (the woman's clan had paid) in the time of his death.)
        Source:
        Sii 23W 023

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