Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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ngarrkkang

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Definitions

#1

ngal-ngarrkkang I am your father, my kangkinj ‘ZD’, your skewed aunty ‘FZ’ (ngune-modjarrkdorrinj FZD>FZ).

#2

ngal-ngarrkkang you are my (Z)SC, my (Z)D, your FZ.

#3

ngal-ngarrkkang you are my BIL, my kakkak ‘MM/MMBSD’, your skewed aunty FZ (FZD>FZ)

#4

ngal-ngarrkkang you are my BIL, my mamamh ‘MFZ’ or kanjok ‘cross cousin’, your mawah FFZ (?)

#5

ngal-ngarrkkang you are my BIL, my ZD, your FZ or D

#6

ngal-ngarrkkang you are my husband, my kakkak ‘MM’, your skewed father’s sister (cross-cousin raised one generation).

#7

ngal-ngarrkkang you are my korlonj ‘BC’, my kangkinj ‘D’, your skewed berlu ‘FZ’ (ngune-modjarrkdorrinj FZD>FZ).

#8

ngal-ngarrkkang you are my makkah ‘FM(B)/(Z)SC’, my kakkak ‘MM/DD’, your skewed FZ (nganemodjarrkdorrinj FZD>FZ).

#9

ngal-ngarrkkang you are my makkah ‘FM(B)’, my (Z)D (i.e. a man’s sister’s daughter or a woman’s daughter), your (B)D (a woman’s brother’s daughter or a man’s daughter).

#10

ngal-ngarrkkang you are my mawah ‘SC’, my kanjok ‘cross cousin’, your skewed berlu ‘FZ’ (nganemodjarrkdorrinj FZD>FZ).

#11

I am talking to my wife about my doydoy (great grandmother MMM) who is their djongok (mother-in-law, ngal-kurrng).