Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Word Stem

benjawarre

Etymology

benja is underived and -warre is tabooed kin suffix

Definitions

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ngal-benjawarre you are my brother (female propositus), our sister.

-benja indexes dual inclusive sibling ‘our brother or our sister’. The -warre suffix indexes the tabooed nature ‘your cross-sex sibling’.