Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Word Stem

murluwarre

Etymology

murlu not analysable but -warre is the affinal/tabooed suffix

Definitions

#1

ngal-murlawarre you are my mamamh ‘MF(Z)’, my wife, cross cousin or spouse’s sister, your kakkak ‘(Z)DD’ or mawah ‘(B)SD’.

Note this term seems to be distinct from murla.

#2

ngal-mulawarre you are my BIL, my sister, your spouse.
Speaker refers to his sister as a mother to disguise the tabooed relationship. The -warre prefix is from the hearer’s perspective thus a dicentric anchor.

#3

ngal-mulawarre you are my ZDS, my wife/sister-in-law/cross cousin, your skewed aunty ‘FZ’ (FZD>FZ).

#4

ngal-murlawarre you are my mamamh ‘MF(Z)’, my wife, cross cousin or spouse’s sister, your kakkak ‘(Z)DD’ or mawah ‘(B)SD’.

Note this term seems to be distinct from murla.