Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms
ngal-kurrng ngarrku
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Word Stem |
kurrng ngarrku |
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Etymology |
ordinary kin term for 'poison cousin' plus ordinary possessive pronoun for dual inclusive 'our na-kurrng' |
Definitions |
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#1 |
na-kurrng ngarrku you are my mawah ‘FF/SC’, our ngal-kurrng ‘poison cousin’. Sibling equivalence is instantiated by superclass of sibling + mawah as speech participants, therefore ‘our na-kurrng’. |
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#2 |
ngal-kurrng ngarrku you are my mawah ‘FF/SC’, our ngal-kurrng ‘MIL/poison cousin’ |
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#3 |
ngarrku na-kurrng you are my brother (female propositus), our ngal-kurrng 'MMBD, MBSSD'. |
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#4 |
ngarrku na-kurrng you are my sister (male propositus), our ngal-kurrng 'MMBD, MBSSD'. |