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70 R5}; sala . . . N an/usumou . . Mesmes wokh netes . Nivag tam ‘I . . N etizmau wnen mlugo . N endami mite . . Eien Kale‘ . . . N isaga we . . . Nimbwimllei Nimbï¬Åtei . N emen ro'0i . . Gelau tila . . . Temes mm nriei . . Kmas tam . . . Tawiete . . . Nelpepe Miliaga . . N isagave . . . N ajrmaga kikimn _. Netemes Wagwag . MALE KULA Venemhwie. Lambatip. Mela’ai. Mbriilies ; Lokhmare. Lokhbangalou 1 ; Veniu. Lokhbangalou .‘ Lokhbanga1ou.1 Lokhteu ; Evog. Loutara. Wiveu. » Timbriis. Lamarigk. Melpmes.1 Melpmes . 1 Venemhalangk. Agnu. Ventiktik. Sumblogves. Lanowok nimenggie . Lanbii gogo. Teriau . . . Agmagabwe. ' THE KINSHIP SYSTEM OF SENIANG ' The kinship system of Malekula is of the classiï¬Åcatory kind pommonly found in the New Hebrides, and in the grouping of relatives there is a certain general resemblance in all the DISTRICTs. Particularly characteristic is the classing of the cross-cousins on the mother's side with the children, and of those on the iather’s side with the father and the father's sister. ' The range of the terms is very wide indeed. A man or woman extends a relationship term to every man, woman, or child in the DISTRICT‘ The readiness with which the terms were given, cvon in the case of members of " genealogically distant " clans, showed that a term is actually applied to all these people,.and this is further borne out by the direct assurance of the informants that such is indeed the case. The DISTRICT of Seniang measures some twelve to ï¬Åfteen square miles in area, but the application of kinship terms is carried beyond this DISTRICT into those neighbouring DISTRICTs which are linguistically related, to an ‘ No explanation is given as to why Lokhbangalou village should have three distinct gong-rhythms. Of the two which are recorded iur Melpmes, it is possible that one is specially associated with one of the ten "houses â€ù or amwi into which the Melpmes clan is divided. (See Chap. XXII,)—C, H. W‘ 1 1 .1 5 .4 ii‘
