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Kalims





(Turkic), bride money paid originally to the kin group of a bride and later to her parents or relatives; payment for the bride by work (in lieu of money) was another form of kalim. The custom of paying kalim arose during the decay of the maternal kinship system and the replacement of matrilocal marriage by patrilocal marriage. Kalim was compensation paid to the bride’s kin group for the loss of a female worker and of the property she took with her to her husband’s kin group. The practice was common among many tribes and peoples of the world, and even today vestiges of the kalim are preserved among a number of peoples in the Orient. In class society a woman actually became the property of the husband upon marriage and payment of the kalim. At the same time, the large size of the kalim made it difficult for poor males to enter into marriage. In Russia, kalim was paid in the past among several peoples of Middle Asia, Siberia, and the Caucasus.

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kalmias

A genus of about 8 species of evergreen shrubs, in the family of Ericaceae.  Native to North America...mainly the eastern half of North America and Cuba.

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hey Scooter, you beat me to: malkins

malkin: an archaic or dialect name for a cat (compare grimalkin*).  Also, a mop, especially one made from a bundle of rags and used to clean out a baker's oven.

*this would be a great word for the 9-letter word game!

will be back with a response to kalmias

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salami 

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milas

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Milas (ancient Mylasa Μύλασα) is an ancient city and the seat of the district of the same name in Muğla Province in southwestern Turkey.

 

 

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Thanks for the easy one.

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smartie

(I tried to put a pic of the candy smarties but it just didn't work right!)

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