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2. Brother, 



(a.) A Mans Brothers. — (I) Pian (piavini, Kw. ; nosoa, 

 An.) A man's brother (and a woman's sister) without con- 

 sidering whether the brother is senior or junior.* Likewise 

 all male cousins who are children of the brother of a man's 

 fatiier, or the sister of a man's niothei-, are his brothers. 

 (2) But Noatun is used foi- any sucli brother who is older 

 than the man himself. (Breiani, Kw. ; nosoatasore, An. 

 The same term is used for a woman's elder sister.) (3.) And 

 Noatahan (brasini, Kw. ; nosoatasore, An.) is used for any 

 such brother (in the case of a woman for hei- younger sisters) 

 who is younger than the man himself. 



(&.) A Woman's Brother. — Nomanin (pomani, Kw. ; 

 nokave, An.) is the term used for a woman's brother of any 

 age, and for her cousins who are sons of her mother's sister 

 or of her father's brother. 



3. Brother-tn-Law. 



(a.) A Mans Brotlier-in-laiv. — Nevin (yafuni, Kw. ; 

 nosafe, An.) is the ])rother of a man's wife (and is the man's 

 cousin) and the husband of a man's sister (also a cousin). 

 This is brought about by the. marriage law. A man may 

 take to wife the daughter of his father's sister, but not the 

 daughter of his father's brother ; she is counted to be his 

 sister. Or he may take to wife the daughter of liis mother's 

 brother, but not the daughtei- of his mother's sister ; she is 

 his sister. 



(b.) A Woman can have no Brother-in-law. — The man 

 that can take her sister to wife can be her husband. So can 

 the brother of her husband be her husband. They are her 

 cousins, and must be either sons of her father's sister or her 

 mother's brother. See diagram under Wh^e. 



4. Child. 



(1.) PiWi (Kw., small ; so far as I know there is no such 

 distinction in W. dial. ; trntamanca, An.) is the young of 

 lower animals while " small." (2.) A child without reference 

 to sex or parentage, Nelin (tini, Kw, ; tentama. An.) (3.) 

 A child distinguished in sex but not parentage. Male child, 

 siiahahahii (yakun auhi, Kw. ; tauseviasisi, An.) ; a female 

 child, p«7a^a^/J (bran auhi, Kw. ; nofine. An.) (4.) A child 

 distinguished by the sex of the parents— (a) A son is the 

 yamati of a man and the yakuti of a woman (notariki and 



* Pian is rather a companion, contemporary, neighbour, than a relative, 



