Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Word Stem

madjenge

Etymology

madjenge is not semantically analysable (although -madj 'swag, sleeping place, possessions')

Definitions

#1

na-madjenge you are my kangkinj ‘child’ (female propositus), my kakkak ‘DS’, your kangkinj/djedje wS.

#2

na-madjenge you are my kangkinj ‘ZC’ (male propositus), my kakkak ‘ZDS’, your kangkinj ‘(Z)S’. Reciprocal term = na-madjewurd

#3

na-madjewurd you are my mother, my kangkinj ‘ZS’ (or ‘S’ if female propositus), your kakkak ‘DS’. Reciprocal term = na-madjenge