670 SYSTEMS OF CONSANGUINITY AND AFFINITY 



2. Fijian. The schedule is filled in the dialect of the Rewas, one of the Fijian 

 nations. There are terms for grandparent, Mbu' ; for father and mother, Tamo! 

 and Tina'; for son and daughter Luve', to which tangane= male, and alaioe = 

 female are added to -distinguish sex. 



The fraternal and sororal relationships are expressed as follows : 



Elder brother (male speaking) Tuaka' . (Female speaking) Ngane'. 



Younger brother " " Tathi'. " " Ngane'. 



Elder sister " " Ngane'. " " Tuaka'. 



Younger sister " " Ngane'. " " Tathi'. 



It will be seen, as in the Tongan and Hawaiian, that the males distinguish their 

 brothers into elder and younger, and not their sisters ; whilst the females distin- 

 guish their sisters into elder and younger, and not their brothers ; and that the 

 males use the same terms for elder and younger brother which the females apply 

 to elder and younger sister. 



In the first collateral line, Ego a male, my brother's son and daughter are my 

 son and daughter, Luve' , the term being in common gender; and their children are 

 my grandchildren, Makubu'; whilst my sister's son and daughter are my nephew and 

 niece, Vungo', the term being in common gender, each of them calling me the same, 

 thus showing that the relationship is reciprocal. This is the first Turanian charac- 

 teristic. The children of these nephews and nieces are my grandchildren. 



With myself a female my brother's son and daughter are my nephew and niece, 

 Vungo'; whilst my sister's children are my sons and daughters; and the children of 

 the latter are my grandchildren. 



In the second collateral line, my father's brother is my father, Tamo! ; and his 

 children are my brothers and sisters, elder or younger. With myself a male, the 

 children of these collateral brothers are my sons and daughters, of these collateral 

 sisters are my nephews and nieces; and their children are my grandchildren. 

 With myself a female, those above who are nephews and nieces become sons and 

 daughters, and vice versd. 



My mother's sister is my mother, Tina' ; and her children and descendants follow 

 in the same relationships as in the previous branch. 



My father's sister is my aunt, Vungo'. This is a second Turanian characteristic. 

 With myself a male the son and daughter of this aunt are my male and female 

 cousin, Tavale' and Davola' ; and with myself a female, the same, Davola andRaivti. 

 These terms are so rendered by Mr. Fison. The term Tavale' signifies a brother- 

 in-law, and is applied by a man to his wife's brother ; and Raivd' signifies a sister- 

 in-law, and is applied by a female to her brother's wife. Such was doubtless the 

 primary use of these terms, and it therefore must govern. It is not probable that 

 the relationship of cousin, as a distinct and definite relationship, is known amongst 

 the Fijians. The son and daughter of my male cousin, myself a male, are my 

 nephew and niece, and of my female cousin are my son and daughter ; whilst with 

 myself a female these relationships are reversed. In this respect the Fijian system 

 agrees with the Tamilian, and differs from the Seneca-Iroquois. The children of 

 the persons last named are my grandchildren. 



My mother's brother is my uncle, Vungo'. This is also a Turanian characteristic. 



