Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Word Stem

babba yaw

Etymology

na- male noun class prefix, babba 'father' [Yolngu] plus yaw 'child'

Definitions

#1

na-babba yaw you are my MB, my korlonj (man’s son), your makkah ‘ZSS’.

This is only attestation of -babba yaw. Is this an index of a man’s child, yaw meaning ‘child’?

#2

na-babba yaw you are my kangkinj ‘ZC’, my son (male propositus), your cross cousin.

Possibly dicentric, your ‘babba’ my ‘yaw’