Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Don Nakirdilinj (Ngarridj) to me (Murray Garde) about Hilda (Bulanjdjan).

A kind of triad where all are considered siblings, but the referent is the kakkak (parallel maternal grandkin) of the speaker. The term reveals that the kakkak relationship can be collapsed into a ‘section mate’ that considers kakkak a kind of sibling.