460 SYSTEMS OF CONSANGUINITY AND A F FJ N 1 TY 



2. Kingsmill. The system of relationship of these IsLinders is move fully de- 

 vi-loued than the Kusaien, but it is limited to the lineal and first and second colla- 

 teral lines. 



With respect to the fraternal and sororal relationships it agrees in son>e respects 

 and differs in others from the Hawaiian. 



My elder brother, said by a male, Taru te Karimoa. Said Ijy a female, Miiuu te karimoa. 



" younger brother, " " Taru te karimwi. " " Miinu te karimwi. 



" elder sister, " " Miiuu te karimoa. " " Taru te karimoa. 



" younger sister, " " Miinu te karimwi. " " Taru te karimwi. 



They are also expressed in another manner as follows : — 



My elder, a male. Said by a male or a female, Karimoau te mane. 

 " j'ounger, a male. " " " Karimvvin te mane. 



" elder, a female. " " " Karimoau te aine. 



" younger, a female. " " " Kariuiwin te aine. 



The true test by which to discover whether these relationships are held in the 

 mind in the twofold form of elder and younger, is the manner in which they 

 address each other, which I am unable to give.' 



In the first collateral line, and irrespective of the sex of Erjo, my brother's child- 

 ren and my sister's children are my sons and daughters. The term Niitu ^ my 

 cliild, is in common gender, and is followed by inane = male, for son, and aine = 

 female, for daughter. These last words appear to be the Hawaiian Tcdna = male, 

 and iviilieena = female, dialectically changed. Whether my brother's children are 

 my grandchildren was not shown in the schedule ; but there can be no doubt that 

 this is the classification. 



In the second collateral line my father's brother is my father, his children are 

 my brothers and sisters, and the children of the latter are my sons and daughters. 



' In Mr. Bingham's first letter to the author, dated at Apaiang, Nov. 18.59, and which jKeceded 



the schedule, ho says : " Our terms of relationship, so far as I am acquainted with them, are as 



follows : — 



Tania=fathcr or uncle. Tadu or Tara=my brother, &c. 



Tamiiu=my father or uncle. MarQ=man's sister and female cousin. 



Tina=mother or aunt. woman's brother and male cousin. 



Tiniiu=my mother or aunt. Mana=My sisters, &c. 



Niiti or Niije=child. Tibu=niy grandparent and grandchild. 



Natu = my child. foster parent and foster child. 



Niitu te mane = my child, the male. Bu=niy husband or wife. 



Niitii te aine=my child, the female. Bujikau=niy wife's brother and my (a man) 



Jinapau=my daughter-in-law. sister's husband. 



my (a man's) mother-in-law. Kaenapau=my husband's sister, and my (a 



my (a woman's) father-in-law. woman's) brother's wife. 



Au bu=my relations in general. Eadekii = my wife's sister, my (a woman's) sis- 



Au kiiro my parents. ter's husband, and my (a man's) 



Tiide or Tari = man's brother and male cousin. brother's wife, and my husband's 



woman's sister and female cousin. brother. 

 " I presume other terras e.Kist." 



