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I18 MALEKULA
Vauwe (2nD sing. vérm/iem ; 3rD sing. vï¬Åvwien).
Primary meaning : Father’s sister,
ExtenDeD to: H.Sis.
Vwuwe lil or vavwe mba. F.Sis.D.
Bu/mbu (3rD sing. bumbuen). GranDfather (both paternal anD
maternal).
Tambï¬Åk (3rD sing. tambun). GranDmother (both patemal anD
maternal).
Mokzibuk (3rD sing. mokeimbiin). GranDchilD (through the male
anD female line).
I nï¬Åk (2nD sing. imfm). Wife's father. (The term for husbanD’s
father is not recorDeD.)
Erimik (znD sing. rimfm). Consort’s mother.
Vililik (voc. vilei; 2nD sing, viliem).
Son’s wife ; brother's wife (m. anD w.s.). The elDer brother’s
wife is, however, always aDDresseD by her personal name.
Lalei (2nD sing. laliem). Daughter's husbanD.
N ru ilel w6k. Wife's brother.
Haliik. Sister’s husbanD (m.s.), anD perhaps also sister’s husbanD
(w.s.).
Toghï¬Åk. HusbanD's elDer brother.
An examination of these two lists shows that there is between
them a markeD Difference in many of the terms useD in aDDressing
or referring to certain relatives, which for the sake of convenience
may be tabulateD as follows :-—
English. M alua.
GranDfather (maternal anD
paternal) . . . pupa bumlm
GranDmother (mat. anD pat.) putuat tambzik
Mother . . . . papa (also wmzei) mmei
elDer Brother (m.s.) . . lelei tiualï¬Åk
younger Brother (m.s.) . tisuk titiaiï¬Ålz nï¬Ångk
Brother (w.s.) . . . s5ghb'si7'k mnmfik
Sister (m.s.) . . . sï¬Åghï¬Åsï¬Åk Driuat eviinï¬Åk
GranDchilD . . . naghapojk makeibï¬Åk
Ten M emu.
Apart from these linguistic Differences, however, the lists
of terms for kinDreD other than those for aï¬Åinals show a markeD
similarity in the way in which Different relatives are classeD
together. The only notable Difference is in the terms useD
between a brother anD sister. In Malua a single worD is useD
reciprocally, the only Distinction being that for a sister, the
feminine suffix Dovat is aDDeD. In Ten Marou a man calls his
sister by the common worD e1/ii/nok, which has also the wiDer
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