N/A

makkah ngarduk

ordinary kin term for FM(B) plus ist person possessive pronoun

makkah ngarduk, you are my berlu ‘FZ’, my kanjok ‘cross cousin’, your djedje/kangkinj ‘C’.

Use grandkin term to refer to one’s potential or actual affine. Seniority principle is present, use egocentric with one’s FZ.

makkah ngarduk, you are my berlu ‘FZ’, my spouse, your karrard or ngadjadj, M or MB

Use grandkin term to refer to one’s potential or actual affine. Seniority principle is present, use egocentric with one’s FZ.

makkah ngarduk, you are my mamamh ‘(B)DC’, my spouse or spouse’s sibling (BIL/ZIL), your kakkak MM(B). Reciprocal term = makkawarre

Looks like seniority principle does not operate here because ego refers to an affine by using a grandkin term, a spouse who is the addressee’s maternal parallel grandparent.

makkah ngarduk, you are my mawah ‘FF’, my FM(B), your ‘spouse/sister-in-law or ‘BIL’. Reciprocal term = makkawarre

Seniority principle seems to operate— use egocentric coding with higher generation kin. Here the referent is affinal.

makkah ngarduk, you are my mawah ‘FF’, my spouse/spouse’s sibling, your makkah ‘ZSD’. Reciprocal term = makkawarre

Why makkah ngarduk, when the hearer calls the referent ‘makkah’. Spouse class can also superclass with makkah, but in that case, why not makkah ngarrku ‘our makkah’.

makkah ngarduk, you are my skewed son (MBS>S), my skewed daughter, your sister (MBD>D).

A classificatory cross cousin female affine skewed down a generation is referred to as ‘my makkah’ when addressing the referent’s brother.