Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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djumu

Etymology

unknown

Definitions

#1

na-djumu, you are my father, my father’s brother, your brother.

#2

na-djumu, you are my FZ, my father , your brother.

#3

na-djumu, you are my kakkak 'DC' (female ego), my DC, your younger brother.

It’s not clear if the hearer is male or female and whether or not the term is the same for both a male or female hearer.

#4

na-djumu, you are my makkah ‘(Z)SC’, my (Z)SS, your brother.

Kin relationship is isosceles-like in that the speaker has same relationship with hearer and the referent i.e. speaker is grandparent and hearer and referent are sibling grandchildren

Note that when the addressee and referent are female makka siblings of speaker then speaker says berlunghko.

#5

na-djumu you are my mamamh ‘(B)DC’, my mamamh, your brother.

Kin relationship is isosceles-like in that the speaker has same relationship with hearer and the referent i.e. speaker is grandparent and hearer and referent are sibling grandchildren

#6

na-djumu, you are my MB, my MB, your brother.

#7

na-djumu you are my MM, my MMB, your B.

#8

na-djumu you are my MMB, my kakkak ‘MMB’, your brother.

#9

na-djumu you are my mother, my MB, your brother.

#10

na-djumu you are my skewed son (MBS>S), your brother (younger or older), my skewed son (MBS>S). Reciprocal term = na-kurndje

#11

na-djumu you are my ZDS, my kakkak ‘ZDS’, your younger brother.

#12

na-djumu your are my husband, my brother-in-law, your brother (both younger or older).

#13

You are my ngabbard ‘father’, my father’s brother, your brother.

#14

You are my berlu ‘father’s sister’, my father , your brother.

#15

You are my kakkak ‘daughter’s child’ (I am a woman), my kakkak ‘daughter’s son’, your younger brother.

#16

You are my fv:makkah ‘(Z)SS’, my fv:makkah ‘(Z)SS’, your brother.

#17

You are my mamamh ‘man’s daughter’s child or a woman’s brother’s daughter’s child’, my mamamh, your brother.

#18

You are my ngadjadj ‘mother’s brother’, my ngadjadj ‘mother’s brother’, your brother.

#19

You are my kakkak ‘MM’, my kakkak ‘MMB’, your brother.

#20

You are my kakkak ‘MMB’, my kakkak ‘MMB’, your brother.

#21

my husband, my brother-in-law, your brother