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woman's sister, or eonsin-sister, are counted as sons and 

 daughters. And tlie terms used for children of a man or 

 woman are used for such nephews and nieces. See Child. 



(b.) Nepheiva and Nieces who are Sons-in-laiv and 

 D aught ei's-in-law. — (1.) A man's nephews and nieces are 

 called Raniavanicn (kunkwanien, Kw. ; novaimutu, An.) 

 There is no distinction of male and female. These are the 

 children of a man's sister or cousin-sister, or woman's brother 

 or cousin-brother. (2.) For the same children a woman uses 

 Nauwein (brasini, Kw%, the term for younger sister ; nosoa- 

 tasisi, An.) These nephews and nieces become the sons-in- 

 law and daughters-in-law of a man and his wife. These 

 terms are applied to them, though the marriage with the 

 children of the man and his wife may not be consummated. 



16. Sister. 



(a.) A Mans Sisters. — Nauvenin (pivini or pini, Kw. ; 

 nokave, An.) is the daughter of a man's own mother, the 

 daughter of any other woman who is the wife of his father, 

 the cousin who is the daugiiter of his mother's sister or 

 cousin-sister, the cousin who is the daughter of his father's 

 brother or cousin-brother. 



{b.) A Woman s Sisters. — (1.) P'lan (piavini, Kw. ; nosoa, 

 An.; see Brother a. (1.) is used for sister or cousin-sister 

 without considering whether senior or junior. A woman's 

 sisters are her own sisters, the daughters of her father by 

 any other woman than her mother, the daughters of her 

 father's brother or cousin-brother, and the daughters of her 

 mother's sister or cousin-sister. 



(2.) But Noattin (breiani, Kw. ; nosoatasore, An.) is used 

 for any such sister who is older than the woman herself. 



(3.) Noatahan (brsini, Kw. ; nosoatasisi. An.) is used for 

 any such sister who is younger than the woman herself. 



17. Sister-in-Law. 



(«.) A man can have no sistei'-in-law. That relative (his 

 wife's sisters or his brother's wife) can be his wife — nitwein. 



(b.) A woman's sister-in-law (her husband's sister or her 

 brother's wife) is Neauwun (VuvkinwiKm, Kw.; n'lfeima. An.; 

 dual, noma, sing.) It is the corresponding relation that makes 

 a man's brother-in-law, which see. 



18. Son. 

 For terms, see Child. A man calls his own son, the sons 

 of his brother or cousin-brother, and the sons of his wife's 



