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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
Kinship terms of descending generation

First descending generation

Male terms

So mage
Da Hu munna:yka:re
yo Br So aniyena mage
el Br So ayyena mage
e:ena mage
Si So pe:ra mage
Female terms
Da maga:u  
So Wi munna:yka:rati  
yo Br Da aniyena magaru  
el Br Da

ayyena maga:u

 
e:ena magaru  
Si Da pe:ramagau  

Second descending generation

So So, Da So pe:re
So Da, Da Da

pe:rati

Affinal kinship terms

Hu urare
Hu Fa, Wi Fa kuiye
Hu el Br , Wi el Br ba:ve
Hu yo Br, Wi yo Br maitine

Female terms

Wi urari
Hu Mo , Wi Mo kuici
Hu el Si, Hu yo Si maitini

In order to express the relation established when children are adopted the following terms are used.

Step/adopted mother po:camme
Step/adopted father po:cappe
Step/adopted son po:cumage
Step/adopted daughter po:cumaga:u

All the kinship terms so far listed belong to one of the categories of primary, derived or descriptive terms.

 
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