OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  v. compensate (such as in a traditional marriage).

Na'é baké kewaé'ē na'ã biné na'ēHe compensates his wife with his own sister

Note: When a man marries a woman, he would pay a dowry, such as an ivory, to the woman’s parents. Often a dowry is not availavle for a man, and as a compensate, he would let one of his sisters go and stay with his wife’s parents. If the man does not have a female sibling, the whole clan of the man would make an agreement to choose one girl from the clan