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sister or cousin -sister, his sons. Likewise the woman calls 

 her own son, the sons of her husband's brother or cousin- 

 brotlier, and the sons of her sister or cousin-sister, her sons. 

 (See Daughter.) 



19. Son-in-Law. 



(a.) A Mans Sons-in-law — Rdniauanien (see INephew 

 and Niece. — A man's sons-in-law (the same term is used for 

 his daughters-in-law) are the sons of his sister or cousin - 

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



ih.) A Womans Sons-in-law — Nauwein. — They are the 

 sons of her brother or cousin-bi-other, and the sons of her 

 husband's sister or cousin-sister. The same term is used fur 

 a woman's daughter-in-law. 



20. Uncle. 

 A person can have no uncle. That relative must be (1) a 

 father — timin (father, father's brother or cousin-brothers, 

 and a mother's sister's husband, or the husband of her 

 cousin-sister. 



21. Wife. 

 The term is Nuwein (rukweini, na'npitaugwa'ti, kfinbra- 

 nema, Kw. ; tafoinafunc-, nanufune, An.) Nuwein is always 

 the man's cousin, the daughter of his father's sister or cousin- 

 sister, or the daughter of his mother's brother. The law of 

 marriage is that the children of two brothers or two sisters 

 do not marry ; they are counted as brothers and sisters. 

 But the children of brothers and sisters marry. The children 

 are betrothed in infancy, and are expected to wed when 

 grown up sufficiently. Cousins who are children of brothers 

 or children of sisters, and adopted children are reckoned as 

 real children. Tannese rarely marry any one outside the 

 common marriage law — that is, a stranger. Kather than do 

 this they will marry a forbidden relation. Men have taken 

 to wife a niece who was the widow of a deceased son. In 

 fact every relationship, except that of brother and sister by 

 the same mother, is at times ignored. 



The following diagram illustrates the source from which a 

 man's son can take a wife. HSH = the husband's sister's 

 husband ; HS = husband's sister; HB = husband's brother ; 

 HBVV = husband's brother's wife ; H = husband ; W = 

 wife, and so on. S = son ; d =:■ daughter. HSH, &c. are 

 contemporaries. 



Had time permitted 1 would have examined the principles 

 on which these relations are based and the terms used to 



