Bininj Kunwok
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doyngu

Etymology

doy 'bestow' -ngu '2sg poss' [in Dalabon]

doy 'strike' but shift to 'bestow spouse' plus -ngu 2sg possessive suffix (archaic in Bininj Kunwok but still the Dalabon form)

Definitions

#1

ngaldoyngu, synonym= mamamh. You are my FZ, my mamamh ‘MF(Z), your kangkinj /djedje ‘C’.

Ones paternal cross cousin is called mamamh when talking to cross-cousin’s mother (i.e. one’s aunty, FZ)

#2

ngal-doyngu, synonym = mamamh you are my MB, my mamamh ‘MF(Z)/(B)DC’, your son/daughter but also possibly na-kurrng/ngalkurrng.

Ones maternal cross cousin is referred to as mamamh when talking to maternal cross-cousin’s father.

#3

ngal-doyngu you are my berlu ‘FZ’, my skewed berlu ‘FZ’ (nganemodjarrkdorrinj FZD>FZ), your kangkinj ‘D’.

Not clear what centricity is here but 2sg possessive suffix suggests tucentric.

#4

ngal-doyngu you are my BIL, my FZ, your ZD.

2sg possessive suffix suggests tucentric, and one’s ZD can marries one’s S, thus doy ‘bestow’.

#5

ngal-doyngu you are my BIL, my D, your ZD.

2sg possessive suffix suggests tucentric, and one’s ZD can marries one’s S, thus doy ‘bestow’.

#6

ngal-doyngu you are my BIL, my mamamh ‘MFZ’ or kanjok ‘cross cousin’, your MM

2sg possessive suffix suggests tucentric

#7

ngal-doyngu you are my BIL, my skewed aunty FZ (FZD>FZ), your kakkak ‘MM/MMBSD’.

2sg possessive suffix suggests tucentric

#8

ngal-doyngu you are my father, my skewed aunty ‘FZ’ (nganemodjarrkdorrinj FZD>FZ), your kangkinj ‘ZD’.

2sg possessive suffix suggests tucentric

#9

ngal-doyngu you are my makkah ‘(Z)SC’, my korlonj wBD, your kangkinj '(Z)D'

2sg possessive suffix suggests tucentric

#10

ngal-doyngu you are my makkah ‘(Z)SC’, my korlonj mD, your kangkinj '(Z)D'

2sg possessive suffix suggests tucentric

#11

ngal-doyngu you are my makkah ‘FM(B)/(Z)SC’, my skewed FZ (nganemodjarrkdorrinj FZD>FZ), your kakkak ‘MM/DC’.

2sg possessive suffix suggests tucentric

#12

ngal-doyngu you are my makkah ‘FM(B)’, my FZ, your (Z)D.

2sg possessive suffix suggests tucentric

#13

ngal-doyngu you are my mawah ‘FF’, my skewed berlu ‘FZ’ (nganemodjarrkdorrinj FZD>FZ), your kanjok ‘cross cousin’

2sg possessive suffix suggests tucentric

#14

ngal-doyngu you are my MM(B), my M, your D (if addressee is female)/ZD (if addressee is male).

2sg possessive suffix suggests tucentric

#15

ngal-doyngu you are my MMB, my ZD, your M

2sg possessive suffix suggests tucentric

#16

ngal-doyngu you are my wife, my berlu nganemodjarrkdorrinj ‘skewed FZ’, your HFZ (but could also be your kakkak ‘MM’).

2sg possessive suffix suggests tucentric