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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




Alvsunlutel1:1'1ml'nrgem-r:ilio11nl 1nuiL-tics






Term Tjinu;1u§ku1n11
English gloss Sun-side

Table 5: Alternate GENERATIONAL terminology




Antaknrinja Trndale 1965m 8 Nganandarku Jianamiltjan

Koknthn SA Tindale l965ms:45 Tarbula / T
Kukatj;ei}I3Slgo White 198, following pers. Mmngm Yinyanmgma
Mnrdu Jigalong Tonkinson 1991 Marina Jinara Y inara
Mt Margaret Stanton 1984:l68-9 Nganatarka Tarputa
Ngaatjatjarra Gould 196: 106 Nganatarka lnyur-pa / Tarputa
Ngalea Nullarbor Plain Tindale 1965ms:3l Nganandaraka Tjanamiltjan Tarhudu
Pirrdiini / Wonggai Tindale l96Sms:70 ' T ' '
Pintupl Myers 1986 ' ' Yinyurrpa
Pltjantjatjan Goddard 1992, Elkin l938- . . .
40213 White 1981 for Yalata "g‘“’’““‘’‘‘'‘ T’‘‘“”“‘‘’'‘’‘‘“
north of Laverton Tindale Nganammka Tjammilljan
Yankunytjatjara Goddard 1985 ' ' Tjanamilytjan

Table 6: Relative nomenclature; for GENERATIONAL moieties

‘2 See also Wierzbicka 1986.