NORTH QUEENSLAND BTHNOGRAPHV ROTH. 



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mother's brother, wliile every female (virgin or matron) is some- 

 one's sister, mother, sister-in-law, or father's sister. These 

 particular relationship names, which, for reasons given, 1 have 

 called hetero-nynis, vary in the different ethnographical districts. 

 In the Rockhamptou District, they are : — 



In the Princess Charlotte Bay district they are :- 



And so I could go on throughout all the areas of North 

 Queensland over which I have wandeied, but such details would 

 only render this work too cumbersome, and are not of sulficient 

 importance for publication, suffice it to know that they exist. 

 For the same reason I am omitting all mention of the genea- 

 nyms, and auto-nyms ; the former have already been carefully 

 worked out for the Cooktown District^ ^ where I have had the 

 assistance of local linguists in checking them. 



'^^ Also means adult woman. 

 27Roth— Bull. 2— Sect. 6. 



