co-wife

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  • A co-wife in feminine vocabulary was a thorn in one's side (satin kanta).

  • She may even have to accept becoming a co-wife.

  • A co-wife she met by chance broke down when she was informed of the tragedy.

  • The younger co-wife, supported by the goddess, restores her own honor and her husband's as well.

  • Also, those with more than one co-wife had higher fertility than those with only one co-wife.

  • Among the wives of polygynists, 65% of those who had only one co-wife but 74% of those who had more than one co-wife could not read or write.

  • The concubine was a co-wife, though not of the same rank; the first wife had no power over her.

  • Any additional spouse is referred to as a co-husband or co-wife, respectively.

  • His wife accuses him of treating the she-buffalo as her co-wife.

  • Older hunters may wish to attract women interested in an extramarital relationship, or to be a co-wife.

  • In one popular story, envious of being outdone by each other, the co-wives begin to quarrel.

  • Families were usually polygamous, with the first wife accorded a special status among her co-wives.

  • Although co-wives hold equal status, relations between them are expected to be adversarial.

  • Women spent thirty hours a week fetching wood, and only when co-wives were sisters, or an aunt or niece, were they expected to work together regularly.

  • Co-wives are often sisters (see sororal polygyny).

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