Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Word Stem

dumanj yaw

Etymology

dumanj not derived but yaw 'child'. -manj- is formative in the grandkin terms -manjmiken 'mother's father (and sister) and reciprocal'.

Definitions

#1

ngal-dumanj you are my BS, my mamamh ‘BDD’, your sister’s daughter mZD

Tucentric because yaw refers to the child of a matriline and the referent is ‘your sister’s child’.