Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Word Stem

dadjkawarre

Etymology

dadjka is unanalysable plus tabooed kin suffix -warre

Definitions

#1

ngal-dadjkawarre you are my husband, my (classificatory) D, your FZ.

Centricity is not clear but suggests egocentricity because the relationship is affinal and the -warre tabooed kin suffix is present

#2

ngal-dadjkawarre you are my mamamh ‘(B)DC’, my M, your FZ.

#3

ngal-dadjkawarre you are my skewed F (nganemodjarrkdorrinj FZS>F), my M, your D

#4

ngal-dadjkawarre you are my skewed son (MBS>S), my M, your FZ.