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(a) I being Kubbi or Kapota, i. e. male or female, my father's 



brother is Kumbo. But Kumbo is my father (A. 4). 

 Therefore my father's brother is my father. 



(b) My father's (Kumbo's) sister is Buta (B. 2). But Buta is not 



my mother, for my mother is Mata (A. 4). 

 Therefore, no other relationship being possible, my father's 

 sister is my aunt. 



IV. Tamilian Characteristic. 



All my mother's sisters are my mothers, but all my mother's broth- 

 ers are my uncles. 



In the Australian system, I being Kubbi or Kapota (i. e. male or 

 female), my mother's sister is Mata. 



(a) But Mata is my mother (A. 4). 

 Therefore my mother's sister is my mother. 



(b) My mother's brother is Murri (B. 1). 



But Murri is not my father, for my father is Kumbo (A. 4). 

 Therefore my mother's brother is my uncle. 



V. Tamilian Characteristic. 



The children of my father's brothers, and those of my mother's sisters, 

 are my brothers and sisters ; but the children of my father's sisters, 

 and those of my mother's brothers, are my cousins. 



In the Australian system, I being Kubbi, a male. 



(a) My father's brother is Kumbo. 



My father's brother's (Kumbo's) son is Kubbi (B. 4). 



But every Kubbi is my brother, for I also am Kubbi. 



Therefore, my father's brother's son is my brother. 



So also it may be shown that my mother's sister's son is my 



brother, and that her daughter (as also my father's brother's 



daughter) is my sister. 



(b) My father's (Kumbo's) sister is Buta (B. 3). 

 Her son is Ippai (B. 2). 



But Ippai is not my brother, for my brother is Kubbi. 



Therefore my father's sister's son is my cousin. 



So also it may be shown that my mother's brother's son is my 



cousin, and that her daughter (as also my father's sister's 



daughter) is my cousin. 



