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106 MALEKULA
Tmivungk (2nd sing. tenivï¬Åm or tenipm ; 3rd sing. tenivn).
Primary meaning: W.
Extended to : W.Sis. ; eB.W. (m.s.).
Lembï¬Årens (2nd sing. lembdrensam; lembï¬Årmsen 3rd sing).
? Primary meaning: B.W. (w.s.).
Extended to: yB.W. (m.s.) ; S.W. ; Sis.S.W. ; M.B.S.W.
Neligh (2nd sing. P).
Sis.H. (m.s.) ; D.H.
Nevin lel sungk (2nd sing. P).
H.Sis.
Mm lag sungk (2nd sing. P).
W.B.
We have here some rather interesting anomalous groupings
of relatives. With the elder brother (m.s.), mums is classed the
wife's elder sister's husband, and with the elder sister (w.s.),
tughangk, the husbands mother's brother’s wife, the husbands
elder brother's wife, and the husband's elder brother, Similarly
hauungk " younger brother â€ù (m.s.), includes the wife's younger
sister. We have here an example of a practice, not unusual in
Melanesia, of a kinship term which is primarily used between
those of the sarne sex, being employed contra.-sexually between
afnnals. Nazmmgk “younger sisterâ€ù (w.s.), is used for the
husband’s younger brother’s wife, but not for the husband's
younger brother, presumably because under the system of the
junior levirate, the latter is a possible or probable spouse. The
husband's sister's husband is grouped with the brother (w.s.)
as mammgk, and the wife's brother's wife with the sister (m.s.)
as 116v¢‘mungk.
With the father is classed the father's sister’s son, the latter
being distinguished by the suffix -uve, and the father’s sister's
daughter is referred to as “ little father's sister â€ù. Other people
grouped with the father's sister are the mother's brother's wife,
and the husband's sister, although the latter is addressed as
nevin lel sungk. The mother is associated with the father’s
sister's son's wife, who is called " little mother â€ù, this being the
logical outcome of grouping the father and father‘s sister's son
together. The term for mother's brother, bimbi, is extended to
include the father's sister's husband, and the £ather’s sister's
daughter's husband, though the former is sometimes classed with
the grandparents and the father's father's sister's Son. The
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