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sim-pūsim-pūsīm-bū daughter-in-law
Chē kíaⁿ gō-sí pē, chē sim-pū gō-sí ta-ke.Tsē kíann gō-sí pē, tsē sim-pū gō-sí ta-ke.(DT unavailable) too many workers, nothing gets done (Lit. When there are many children the father starves to death, when there are many daughters in law the mother in law starves to death.)
chhōa sim-pūtshūa sim-pū(DT unavailable) get a daughter in law
sim-pū-ásim-pū-ásīm-bû-à little girl taken into the family in order to become daughter-in-law afterwards, sometimes a girl to be trained as a maid or for improper purposes
sim-pū-á-lêsim-pū-á-lêsīm-bû-a-lě depressed, withdrawn, remote, conduct of one with an inferiority complex
sun-sim-pūsun-sim-pūsūn-sim-bū granddaughter-in-law
ta-ke sim-pūta-ke sim-pū(DT unavailable) mother-in-law and daughter-in-law



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