awít

Sibling-in-law of opposite sex after relating kin is dead. awít ‘leviratein-law!’; ínmawit ‘my levirate-in-law’; ímawit ‘your levirate in-law’; awít ‘(his/ her) levirate-in-law’; awítnaš wá ‘I’m (your) levirate partner’. See also pnúk. [NP /ˀawit/ ‘widow’.]