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KINSHIP ORGANIZATION IN NORTH-WEST III
to do so would appear meaningless to a native. Thus Abel
could never say that he “tsughus Vmtito'kâ€ù, the village of his
paternal clan.
The word tsughus, and the habitual conception oi matrilineal
descent which it implies, seems to be absent in Lambumbu. Two
men, one of this latter district and the other of Lagalag, who
spoke each other's dialects, agreed, after discussing the matter
between them, that their customs differed in this respect. Nor
has this conception been found to exist in any other part of
Malekula.
KINSHIP IN LARAVAT
In the district of Laravat the kinship terms, although they
are not so fully recorded as are those of Lagalag, show, so far as
they go, a marked resemblance to these. Indeed, allowing for
phonetic differences, most of them are identical; it is only the
terms for relatives by marriage which show any considerable
variation from the Lagalag forms.
The Kinship Terms
Nane (2nd sing. hmzam; 3rd sing. lumen).
Primary meaning: M.
(Cf. also vavwe, hunam wawei, hunm wewzi.)
Tate (2nd sing. tumom ;. 3rd sing. temen).
Primary meaning : F.
- Extended to : F.Sis.S. tatzwei (2nd sing. tomam wen/er).
Ntuk (2nd sing. mum).
. Primary meaning: Child (irrespective of sex).
Extended to: Sis.Ch. (w.s.); B.Ch. (m.s.).
In the form ntuk marei: B.Ch. (w.s.) ; H.Sis.Ch. ; M.B.Ch.
Mamwe sog (znd sing. mamwe sum ; 3rd sing. mamwe sm).
Primary meaning : eB. (m.s.) (also called tugzmgk)Z‘; eB.
(w.s.) (also called manungk). ‘
Sena (2nd sing. smam; 3rd sing. smen).
Primary meaning: yB. (m.s.).
(Another list gives yB. (m.s.) as mar selï¬Ångk, mar seliim,
mar selen.)
T ugangk (2nd sing. mgam; 3rd sing. tugan].
Primary meaning: eB. (m.s.) ; eSis. (w.s.).
Extended to: HIBBA
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