Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Word Stem

kolinjngu

Etymology

kolinj is unclear/not semantically transparent, but -ngu is archaic second person singular possessive suffix (also contemporary 2sg possessive in Dalabon)

Definitions

#1

na-kolinjngu you are my korlonj ‘BS’, my korlonj ‘BS’, your kakkak ‘MMB’.

#2

na-kolinjngu you are my skewed F (nganemodjarrkdorrinj FZS>F), my makkah ‘FMB’, your kakkak ‘MMB’.

#3

na-kolinjngu you are my na-kurrng ‘FZDC’, my father, your kakkak ‘MMB’.

#4

na-ngolinjngu, you are my mamamh ‘MF(Z)’, my kakkak ‘MMB/wDS/mZDS’, your makkah.