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for B. The relative terminology underlines the binary character of GENERATIONAL moieties. In
fact, all that this terminology expresses is precisely an opposition. Hale’s 1966 definition
of harmonic and disharmonic characters in Australian kin relations appropriately reflects this
feature:
Aperson will be said to be harmonic with respect to those of his kinsmen who
belong to the same set of alternate generation levels as he; he will be said to be
disharmonic with respect to all others of his kinsmen Hale 1966:1519; emphasis
in original.42
The most widely used relative and absolute terms for GENERATIONAL moieties in the
Westem Desert are shown in Table 5. Other terms and spellings are reproduced in Table 6
and Table 7.
Rt-l:illL' Iern1s inr gr-m~r11lionnl nroivlics
Term nganarruirira H ’ ' 1jauann_t3mn ‘
English gloss us, we bone, we group them, they flesh, they group