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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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