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matrilocal marriage |
Noun
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the custom of a man living with his wife's family in Tharu society |
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to be dawned |
Verb
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to be reached by dawn |
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Magar |
Noun
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an ethnic group of the Tibeto-Burman linguistic family residing in the mid-western hills of Nepal |
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Magarat |
Noun
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the region historically inhabited by the Magar people |
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time to do something |
Noun
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the opportunity or time available to complete a task |
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hackingly |
Adverb
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in a manner of cutting repeatedly with an axe or khukuri |
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Tropic of Capricorn |
Noun
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a line of latitude 23.5 degrees south of the equator |
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Makar Sankranti |
Noun
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the day the sun enters the Capricorn zodiac sign |
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auspicious music |
Noun
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music played during auspicious occasions |
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festive music |
Noun
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music played during festive or auspicious occasions |
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auspicious journey |
Noun
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a journey undertaken for a religious or auspicious purpose |
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maize pest |
Noun
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a type of insect that attacks maize crops during ripening |
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petromax |
Noun
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a bright pressurized kerosene lamp with a mantle |
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pressure lamp |
Noun
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a bright pressurized kerosene lamp with a mantle |
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masked person |
Noun
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someone wearing a mask |
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freckles |
Noun
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small dark spots resembling moles on the face |
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blemishes |
Noun
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small dark spots or blemishes on the face |
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chew toothlessly |
Adverb
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in a manner of chewing with toothless gums |
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uxorilocal husband |
Noun
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a man who lives in his wife's parental home |
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procuring |
Noun
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the act or process of ordering or requesting something |
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to be summoned |
Verb
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to be ordered or called for |
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Maghiya |
Noun
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a sub-group of the Dhobi caste in Nepal |
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Makwanpure |
Adjective
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relating to or originating from Makwanpur |
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Makwani |
Adjective
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relating to or originating from Makwanpur |
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small cot |
Noun
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a small four-legged stool or cot for one person |
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causing to sway |
Noun
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the act or process of causing something to sway or sag |
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making sag |
Noun
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the act or process of causing something to sag |
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to be made to sway |
Verb
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to be caused to sway or bend |
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to be made to sag |
Verb
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to be caused to sag or bend |
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to cause to sway |
Verb
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to cause something to sway, bend, or sag |
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to make sag |
Verb
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cause to bend or sag |
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auspicious musical instrument |
Noun
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instrument played during auspicious ceremonies |
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squeezingly |
Adverb
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in a manner that squeezes or crushes |
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ceremonial song |
Noun
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song performed during auspicious occasions |
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born on Tuesday |
Adjective
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born on a Tuesday |
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auspicious sign |
Noun
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auspicious occasion, omen, or sign |
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political persecution |
Noun
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political repression of writers by the Ranas in 1920 |
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historical incident |
Noun
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historical event involving the persecution of writers in 1920 |
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to be made to clean |
Verb
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be made to scour or clean |
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to be caused to scrub |
Verb
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be caused to scrub or polish |
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female ceremonial singer |
Noun
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woman who sings ceremonial songs |
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soak pit |
Noun
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pit used for filtering and draining wastewater |
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drainage pit |
Noun
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pit for the drainage of wastewater |
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slumpingly |
Adverb
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in a manner that causes a bank or edge to slump |
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a type of coarse food |
Noun
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a variety of coarse food |
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physalis |
Noun
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plant with yellow flowers and round fruit inside a brown husk |
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groundcherry |
Noun
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fruit of the physalis plant |
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to have someone clean |
Verb
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cause someone to clean or scour |
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ritual water vessel |
Noun
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water-filled vessel placed before deities during rituals |
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dull-colored |
Adjective
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having a dull or muddy color |