one’s better half

n. one’s wife, and occasionally, one’s husband. My better half disapproved of the movie.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sisto	-	Italian
Honoka	ho-no-kah	Japanese
Iria	-	Portuguese, Galician
Nanook	-	Native American, Inuit
Aloys	[ə'lɔis]
Tafari	-	Eastern African, Amharic