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104 MALEKULA
are ashamed to call their husbands by name, others are not.
Generally teknonymy is employed, the wife calling her husband
nutugh lemm (father of the child) and the husband referring to
his wife in a similar way. _
KINSHIP n~r LAGALAG
The district of Lagalag, lying to the north and east of
Lambumbu, is, like the other districts of Malekula, divided up
into a number of patrilineal, local groups. The kinship terms
and groupings show a. certain general resemblance to those of
Lambumbu, though as an analysis of the list given below will
show, there are some striking differences.
T he Kinship Terms of Lagalug 1
Nam (2nd sing. s’nam).
Primary meaning: M.
Extended to : F.Sis.S.W., mmi vmï¬Åg (= “ little mother ").
Tate (2nd sing. tagï¬Åm; 3rd sing. temen).
Primary meaning :' F.
Extended to : F.Sis.S. tat uve (znd sing. tapm sauuvs ;
3rd sing. temm airuve). ‘
Netungk (2nd sing. nztdm ; 3rd sing. netn).
Primary meaning 2 Child (irrespective of sex).
Extended to : B.Ch. (w.s.) ; I-[.M.B.Ch. ; M.B.Ch. (m.
and w.s.).
Netimgk ivungk (znd sing. mtdm ipm ; 3rd sing. new £11611).
Primary meaning : D. (w.s.).
M ame (znd sing..mamehsam ; 3rd sing. mamehsen).
Primary meaning: e.B. (m.s.).
Extended to: F.eB.S. (m.s.) ; W.eSis.l-I.
Hzwungk (znd sing. hapm ; 3rd sing. haven).
Primary meaning: yB. (m.s.).
Extended to : F.yB.S. [m.s.) ; W.ySi.s.H. This term is
also used between twins.
Tug:/mgk (2nd sing. tugam ; 3rd sing. tugan).
Primary meaning: e.Sis. (w.s.).
Extended to : F.eB.D. (w.s.) ; H.eB.W. ; H.eB. ;
H.M.B.W.
1 This list is compiled from two separate ones, which on the whole are very
similar. The only important discrepancy lies in the terms ior cross-cousins,
which in one are reported to be the same as those for siblings, in the other are
recorded as given above. The evidence given by the genealogies shows that
the second and not the ï¬Årst list is the more reliable in this matter.—C. H. W.
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