460 SYSTEMS OF CONSANGUINITY AND AFFINITY 



2. Kingsmill. The system of relationship of these Islanders is more fully de- 

 veloped 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 some respects 

 and differs in others from the Hawaiian. 



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



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



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



" younger sister, " " Manu 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 mana 

 " younger, a male. " " " Karimwin te mane. 



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



" younger, a female. " " " Karimwin 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. 1 



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

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

 child, is in common gender, and is followed by mane = male, for son, and aine = 

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

 and waheena = 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 ib my father, his children are 

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



1 In Mr. Bingham's first letter to the author, dated at Apaiang, Nor. 1859, and which preceded 

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

 follows : 



Tama=father or uncle. Tadu or Tara=my brother, &c. 



Tamau=my father or uncle. Maru=man's sister and female cousin. 



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



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



Nati or Naje=child. Tibu=my grandparent and grandchild. 



Natu=my child. foster parent and foster child. 



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



Natu te aine=my child, the female. Bujikau=my 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. 



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



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



Tade 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 terms exist." 



