Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Word Stem

murlebe

Etymology

murlebe is not semantically analysable + noun class prefix

Definitions

#1

na-murlebe you are my father, my FeB, your elder brother.

#2

na-murlebe you are my kakkak 'DC' (female ego), my DS, your older brother.

#3

na-murlebe you are my kakkak 'DC' (female ego), my kakkak ‘MMBSC’, your FF.

#4

na-murlebe you are my mamamh ‘(B)DC’, my kanjok ‘cross cousin’, your mawah ‘FF’. Reciprocal term = berlenghkowarre

#5

na-murlebe you are my mawah ‘FF’, my mawah ‘FF’, your brother.

#6

na-murlebe you are my mother, my mother’s brother, your sibling.

#7

na-murlebe you are my na-kurrng ‘MMBS’, my na-kurrng ‘MMBS’, your brother.

#8

na-murlebe you are my skewed F (nganemodjarrkdorrinj FZS>F), my skewed F (nganemodjarrkdorrinj FZS>F), your brother.

#9

na-murlebe you are my ZDS, my kakkak ‘MMBSS’, your mawah ‘FF’.

#10

na-murlebe you are my korlonj ‘BC’, my father, your mawah ‘FF’.

Note that there are two synonyms used in this context, 1. na-mawahwarre and also 2. berlenghkowarre.