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138 MALEKULA
Aimbo Va’a1 of Lembrusmbar, he calls him either tmmgk (brother)
or aavu, reckoning through Lisang of Loortambrï¬Åat, who married
Aimbo Va’al, and who stands to Amanrantus in the relationship
of father's father’_s sister's son’s daughter, and whom he addresses
by the term awei (father’s sister's daughter). Here the mode of
address is optional, since in either case the relationship is not
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AVA'AL = Limbel AIWUS AITIWLEO HXILE = Vilo’or
(Loorlanggalat) (Loormbap) MANWIEN (Iumloor) (Looremew) } (lumlcor)
Luus Marheo = AMANRANTUS
(Looremew)
TABLE D
Illustrating the dual relationship in which Luus Marheo stands to AITIWLEO
of Iumloor after her marriage with AMANRANTUS. A continuous line
shows blood relationship; a broken line indicates “classiticatory"
relationship. Why Alwus Mnuwuzn and An-rwteo should have been
hala is not explained.
very close (see Table E). It might be supposed that where the
kinship traced through one line was closer than that reckoned
through the other, the former would always be selected
for social purposes, but it seems that even this cannot be laid
down as a general rule. For instance, Ha’ile of Looremew and
Ailimbie of Amel Mbon called each other hula (classiï¬Åcatory
brothers), and for this reason Amanrantus said teta (father) to
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(Loortam~ (Loorveli)
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Ammnuwran = Q HA'n.r-; = Vil0'or T 5‘
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(lurnloor) (Lembrusmbar)
Lis_ang Amnuxmrus Anvmo VA AL = Lisang
(Looremew)
TABLE E
Showing Amanrantus' dual relationship with Aimbo Va/al. Broken
lines indicate " classiï¬Åcatory " kinship bonds. It will be observed that
since Amanrantus called Aimbo Va.'al tuawgk it is probable that these
two were ï¬Årst or second cousins ; had they been more distantly related
they would have addressed each other as hula,
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