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KINSHIP ORGANIZATION IN SOUTH-WEST 75
There is another term, hula, which is not included in the
above list. This is used between all members of the same genera-
tion, or naai mvamv (naai=tree), in a patrilineal descent
group, irrespective of sex. Brother's by the same father call
each other iuan or tasu, according to their relative ages. The
sons of two such brothers also call each other thus. Two male
orthocousins, sons of two real brothers, on meeting for the ï¬Årst
time, would ascertain which of their fathers was the elder, and
would call one another luau or tesu accordingly. If these two
male cousins each had a son, these boys would not call one
another man or tesu, but would address each other as hala,
In the same way, two men, the children of two sisters, call each
other luan or tesu according to the relative ages of their mothers,
and the children of these men will address each other as
hula. Since the marriage regulations prohibit two men who
are members of the same clan from marrying two sisters,
it follows that the sons of two sisters will never belong
to the same descent group, and neither, therefore, will their
children. Hence we ï¬Ånd that the term hula, " classiï¬Åcatory "
brother or sister, will be used, not only towards people of one’s
own generation in one’s own clan, but also towards certain
individuals in possibly many other clans. How far the term
rhala is extended is not clearly stated, but the evidence from the
genealogies‘ strongly suggests that children of hula call each
other hala almost indefinitely, and that the terms “fatherâ€ù
and “ mother" are applied by men and women to the male
and. female hala of their parents. Thus, Luus Marbeo of Loor-
langalat, called Aitiwleo of Iumloor apap (before her marriage
with his sister's son, Amanrantus of Looremew), because he
was hula to her real mother’s brother. Again, Ailing of iumloor
calls Aiwus Mbuas of Loories in Mewun and Aiwus Mbuas’
sister, tatai and awei (father and father's sister) respectively,
because his father, Akat, called them hula. This wide range of
kinship terms means that every member of the community
addresses almost every other as a relative, and that an individual
' Deacon collected a great many genealogies, some including only very near
relatives, others including near collatsrals, none recording people more distantly
related than through a. common great-grandfather, Space and cost alike prevent
all these genealogies from being published, but those who wish to examine them
will ï¬Ånd them stored with all Deacon's other ï¬Åeld notes at the offices oi the
Royal Anthropological Institute.—C. H. W,
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