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makkawarre

Etymology

ordinary kin term for FM(B) plus affinal suffix -warre

Definitions

#1

makkawarre, you are my BC, my kangkinj ‘S/D’, your kanjok ‘cross cousin’. Reciprocal term = makkah ngarduk

#2

makkawarre, you are my korlonj ‘BC’ (I am your FZ), my mother/MB, your wife/husband.

#3

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

#4

makkawarre, you are my mawah ‘SC’, my makkah ‘ZSD’, your spouse/spouse’s sibling.

The centricity coding is dicentric because my makkah and your -warre affine.

#5

makkawarre, you are my mawah ‘SC’, my spouse/sister-in-law or BIL, your FM(B).

Dicentric because your makkah who is my -warre spouse.

#6

makkawarre, you are my skewed F (nganemodjarrkdorrinj FZS>F), my sister, your skewed daughter (MBD>D). Reciprocal term = makkah ngarduk

Looks like makkawarre is dicentric because a cross cousin can be in makka class but the -warre prefix may mark tabooed kin, i.e. cross-sex sibling