mwendia-ruhiu
- man who contracts a matrilocal, matrilineal marriage; one who cannot pay customary 'bride-price' through poverty but attaches himself to the family of a man with many daughters; 2. unattached man who cohabits with a widow or, by permission, with a married woman; 3. one who helps a woman to clear herself of 'uncleanness' due to the death of her husband by having sexual intercourse with her, unless this is done by the younger brother who inherits her; stranger willing to perform ceremonial coition with a woman on one of the occasions prescribed by custom