Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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murlawarre

Etymology

ordinary kin term for one's mother's elder sister plus affinal/avoidance -warre suffix

Definitions

#1

murlawarre you are my father, my murlah ‘mother’s elder sister’, your kanjok ‘spouse’s sister’. My murlah, your -warre.

#2

murlawarre you are my FZ, my mother’s elder sister, your kanjok ‘sister-in-law, MMBDD’. Dicentric coding, my mother your -warre.

#3

murlawarre you are my korlonj ‘BC’, my kanjok ‘sister-in-law, MMBDD’, your murla ‘MeZ’. Your murla, my -warre.