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naittaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • marry verb To become someone's husband or wife in a legal or religious ceremony.
  • matchmake verb To carry out matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.

Senses

naittaa is used for these senses in English:

  • marry (transitive) To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband. [from 14th c.]
  • marry off (idiomatic) To successfully arrange the marriage of someone, especially a relative.
  • matchmake To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.

marry — full definition

  1. verb To become someone's husband or wife in a legal or religious ceremony.
  2. verb To combine or join two things closely together.

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