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aukaman noun a marriage e20. Compare akum etymology: origin obscure but see suggested derivation at akum which may be connected to this; perhaps known only to Scots Travellers; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies note:

Grose and Egan (1823) attest autem as a Cant word for a church so perhaps there is a connection. It’s also defined in OED as ‘Old Cant’.