In practicing couvade, the male makes himself wombly. An initiated aboriginal man made womanly by sub-incision can imitate the womb's ability to open.
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Wombly
Synonyms for "wombly" (2 found)
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Translations
14 translations across 12 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- արգանդային adj (of or pertaining to the womb)
Asturian
1 entries- uterín adj (of or pertaining to the womb)
Catalan
1 entries- uterí adj (of or pertaining to the womb)
Chinese
2 entries- 子宫 adj (of or pertaining to the womb)
- 子宮 /子宫 adj (of or pertaining to the womb)
Dutch
1 entries- baarmoeder adj (of or pertaining to the womb)
French
1 entries- utérin adj (of or pertaining to the womb)
Galician
1 entries- uterino adj (of or pertaining to the womb)
Greek
1 entries- μητρικός adj (of or pertaining to the womb)
Italian
1 entries- uterino adj (of or pertaining to the womb)
Portuguese
1 entries- uterino adj (of or pertaining to the womb)
Russian
2 entries- маточный adj (of or pertaining to the womb)
- утробный adj (of or pertaining to the womb)
Spanish
1 entries- uterino adj (of or pertaining to the womb)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Or is it that foetuses, and they alone, require wombly residence in order to survive?
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He remembers Milly's childhood fear of being deserted and the terror she experienced at the first bloody sign of womanly/wombly maturation: "Her growing pains at night […]
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This image extends to the divine person through the use of […] in Jeremiah 31.20 to signify God's motherly (or 'wombly') compassion for the beloved child, Ephraim.
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