Chart 7. — Mother's lineage; ego= female. 



greater differentiation of relatives. These are ego's closest relatives 

 and, since descent is matrUineal, the position of a female ego is con- 

 ceptually somewhat different from that of a male. The female 

 relatives of a male ego are differentiated as "grandmother," "mother," 

 "older sister," and "younger sister"; for a female ego the female 

 relatives are "grandmother," "mother," "older sister," "younger 

 sister," "daughter," and "grandchild." A man's male relatives of 

 the lineage are "older brother" and "younger brother." A woman 

 makes greater differentiation of male members of the mother's lineage ; 

 males of her own or preceding generations are differentiated on the 

 basis of age as "older brother" or "younger brother"; those of the 

 first descending generation are "sons"; those of the second and suc- 

 ceeding generations are "grandchildren." Husbands of females of 

 the lineage are classified as "grandfather," "father," and "brother- 

 in-law" by males of the lineage whereas females of the lineage classify 

 males married to females of the lineage as "grandfather," "father," 

 "brother-in-law," and "son-in-law." All females married to men of 

 the lineage are classified as "sisters-in-law" (uuku) by males of the 

 lineage. Women, on the other hand, distinguish two groups of 



