tum-áitransitive verbSurhuliEnglishexchange; payThis is used of paying cash or shell money for a pig for a mortuary feast, in contrast to bánái which is used of paying back with another pig. It is done in public. This connotes that the transaction is completed and everyone is satisfied. However, one can recoup the money paid by contributing a similar pig at a feast given by the one who received the money. That person is then obligated to respond with an equal amount in exchange for the pig brought to his feast. This term is also used of brideprice, and tumái_wák (pay for a woman) implies all the payment is complete.sámáttumtum4.3.9.1Customanthro

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