Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Word Stem

mamamh

Etymology

ordinary term for MF(Z) and reciprocal, wBDC/mDC

Definitions

#1

na-mamamh you are my BIL, my na-kurrng, your MB.

Hearer refers to their mother by a grandkin term to avoid mention of the tabooed mother-in-law relationship