Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Word Stem

madjenge

Etymology

madjenge is not semantically analysable (although -madj 'swag, sleeping place, possessions')

Definitions

#1

ngal-madjenge you are my child (female propositus), my kakkak ‘DD’, your kangkinj ‘ZD’ (or ‘D’ if female propositus).

#2

ngal-madjenge you are my kangkinj ‘ZC’, my kakkak ‘ZDD’, your kangkinj ‘(Z)D’