MP3

karrng

maybe related to ordinary vocative kin term for mother karrang > karrng plus male noun class prefix which indexes a mother's brother

ngal-karrng you are my BIL, my ngal-kurrng ‘MIL’, your M.

ngal-karrng you are my kakkak 'DC' (female ego). my D, your M.

ngal-karrng you are my makkah ‘(Z)SC’, my ngal-kurrng, your mother.

ngal-karrng you are my mamamh ‘(B)DC’, my daughter, your mother.

This needs checking because it is not clear if the speaker is male or female

ngal-karrng you are my MM, my ZD, your M

ngal-karrng you are my skewed S (MBS>S), my MIL, your mother. Reciprocal term = worrkbelko (e.g. Mick and Oscar about Oscar’s mother, MK says ngal-karrng, Oscar says ‘worrkbelko’)

ngal-karrng you are my ZDS, my M, your ZD.

ngal-karrng you are my ZDS, my ZD, your mother. Reciprocal term = ngal-doyngu