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makka

ordinary kin term for FM(B)

makka (ngarrku), you are my B (male propositus), our makkah 'FM(B)'.

Centricity coding is overt if the possessive pronoun postposition is present, although because of sibling equivalence, centricity is assumed to be jointly shared by speech participants.

makkah, I am your father, my mother, your makkah ‘FM(B)’. Reciprocal term = makkah

makkah, I am your mother, my na-kurrng/ngalkurrng (but could also be F/FZ), your makkah ‘FM(B)’. Reciprocal term = makkah

makkah, you are my father, my makkah ‘FM(B)’, your mother. Reciprocal term = makkah

makkah, you are my FZ, my makkah ‘FM(B), your MB. Reciprocal term = makkah

Talking to aunty about grandma’s brother (who is aunty’s uncle), speaker uses an egocentric coding to higher adjacent generation kin.

makkah, you are my kangkinj ‘ZC’, my berlu ‘FZ’, your makkah FM(B). Reciprocal term = makkah

makkah, you are my kangkinj ‘ZC’, my berlu ‘FZ’, your mamamh MFZ.

Is this tucentric? If it is, calling one’s makkah ‘mamamh’ reflects some Kariera patterned collapsing of FM and MFZ in the class of makkah.

makkah you are my kangkinj ‘ZC’, my MB, your MMB. Reciprocal term = makkah

Is this tucentric, if so, how can a kakkak be considered a makkah?

makkah, you are my kangkinj ‘ZC’, my na-kurrng/ngalkurrng, your makkah. Reciprocal term = makkkah

makkah, you are my korlonj ‘BC’, my MB, your makkah ‘FM(B). Reciprocal term = makkah

makkah, you are my MB, my cross cousin, your FZ. Reciprocal term = ngal-kanjok

Egocentric because speaking to a senior generation about a cross cousin who collapses into the grandparent class of makkah and the reciprocal is tucentric, “your kanjok”

makkah, you are my MB, my makkah ‘FM(B)/(Z)SC’, your na-kurrng/ngal-kurrng.

Seniority principle, use egocentric.

makkah, you are my mother, my makkah ‘FM(B)’, your na-kurrng/ngalkurrng (but could also be father/father’s sister). Reciprocal term = makka

Seniority principle, use egocentric with mother.

mamamh/makkah (either term acceptable) you are my kangkinj ‘ZC’, my F, your MF. Reciprocal term = mamamh/makkah

Uncle uses a tucentric form about his father when he talks to his sister’s children. Interesting the collapsing of mamamh and makkah in various contexts (a generalised context needs to be determined).