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with some of the languages of the neighboring tribes, namely, in so 

 far as two different stems are used to denote the same degree of 

 relationship by marriage. One is employed as long as the inter- 

 mediary person is living, while the second is used after the death of 

 that person. 



The following table shows the nouns expressing the different 

 degrees of relationship: 



1 Alsea ma'tun. 



Besides the above-enumerated terms of kinship, there are two stems 

 that are used as such, although they do not, strictly speaking, denote 

 any degree of relationship. One of these is the term sla'ato (vocative 

 sla), employed by the Coos in addressing a male member of the tribe, 

 and even a stranger; and the other is xwll^ used in the same way in 

 addressing females. 



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