Bininj Kunwok
Triangular Kinship Terms

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Word Stem

madjewurd

Etymology

madje is not semantically analysable, wurd 'child, small'

Definitions

#1

na-madjewurd you are my MB, my kangkinj ‘(Z)S’, your kakkak ‘ZDS’.

#2

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