Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Word Stem

kolinjngu

Etymology

kolinj is unclear/not semantically transparent, but -ngu is archaic second person singular possessive suffix (also contemporary 2sg possessive in Dalabon)

Definitions

#1

na-kolinjngu you are my na-kurrng ‘FZDC’, my aunty FZ, your kakkak ‘MM’.

#2

ngal-kolinjngu you are my korlonj ‘BC’, my korlonj ‘BD’, your kakkak ‘MM’

This term is used in a situation where the speaker calls both the hearer and the referent the same term, but there is not sibling equivalence between the referent and the hearer.

#3

ngal-kolinjngu you are my skewed F (nganemodjarrkdorrinj FZS>F), my makkah ‘FM’, your kakkak ‘MM’.