Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Word Stem

karrngburrk

Etymology

maybe related to ordinary vocative kin term for mother karrang > karrng plus -burrk 'body' plus male noun class prefix which indexes a mother's brother

Definitions

#1

na-karrngburrk, synonym = na-karrng, you are my BIL, my na-kurrng, your MB. Reciprocal term = ngadjadj/na-bingok (latter if actual addressee’s na-kurrng)

#2

na-karrngburrk, you are my makkah ‘FM(B)/(Z)SC’, my na-kurrng ‘poison cousin’ (e.g. MMBSSS), your MB. Reciprocal term = na-rradjkawarre

#3

na-karrngburrk, you are my mamamh ‘MF(Z)’, my F, your son-in-law/MB.

#4

na-karrngburrk, you are my skewed F (ngane-modjarrkdorrinj FZS>F), my F, your MB.

#5

na-karrngburrk, you are my skewed son (MBS>S), my F, your MB.