Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Word Stem

kurrng ngarduk

Etymology

ordinary kin term for 'poison cousin' MMBC/FZDC plus ngarduk postposition (can also be pre-positioned) first person sg possessive 'my'

Definitions

#1

na-kurrng ngarduk you are my mamamh ‘(B)DC’, my ngalkurrng ‘MMBD’, your kangkinj ‘ZD’ (male propositus) or ‘D’ (female propositus).

#2

ngal-kurrng ngarduk you are my mamamh mDS, my ngalkurrng ‘MMBD/FZDD’, your kangkinj ‘mZD’

#3

ngal-kurrng ngarduk you are my mamamh ‘(B)DC’, my ngal-kurrng ‘poison cousin’, your doydoyh ‘FFM(B), MMM(B)’.

#4

ke ngal-kurrng you are my FZ, my ngal-kurrng ‘MIL, MMBD’, your kakkak ‘MM’.

#5

ngal-kurrng ngarduk you are my mother, my ngal-kurrng ‘MMBD’, your cross cousin (kanjok ‘MBD/FZD’).

#6

You are my ngabbard 'F', my ngal-kurrng 'mother-in-law', your kakkak, 'MM'.