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traveling with Indians of one band in the neigh- 

 borhood of a house of another, they were reluctant 

 to do any hunting. Informants told me that 

 where trails of another band existed, the animals 

 of that area belonged to the people who made the 

 trails. 



KINSHIP SYSTEM 



There are only 11 fundamental kinship terms 

 by which relatives are designated among the 

 Siriono. As can be seen by examining charts 

 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the list of terms given below, the 

 kinship system is a highly classificatory one; 

 many relationships are signified by a single term. 



Kinship term: Relatives to whom applied* 



( 1) ami Father's father. 



Father's father's brother. 

 Father's father's sister's son. 

 Father's mother's brother. 

 Father's mother's brother's son. 

 Mother's father. 

 Mother's father's brother. 

 Mother's father's brother's son. 

 Mother's mother's brother. 

 Mother's mother's brother's son. 

 Mother's mother's sister's son. 

 Mother's brother. 

 Father's sister's husband. 

 Father's sister's son (M. S.). 

 Wife's father (M. S.). 

 Wife's father's father (M. S.). 

 Sister's husband (M. S.). 

 Husband's father (F. S.). 

 Husband's father's father (F. S.). 

 Husband's sister's husband 



(F. S.). 

 Old man. 



(2) iiri Father's mother. 



Father's mother's sister. 

 Father's mother's sister's 



daughter. 

 Father's father's brother's 



daughter. 

 Father's father's sister's 



daughter. 

 Mother's mother. 

 Mother's mother's sister. 

 Mother's mother's brother's 



daughter. 

 Mother's brother's wife. 

 Father's father's sister. 

 Father's sister. 

 Father's sister's daughter. 

 Wife's mother (M. S.). 

 Wife's mother's mother (M. S.). 

 Husband's mother (F. S.). 



1 Male and female speaking unless otherwise designated. 



Kinship term: 



(2) dri (con.) 



(3) eru. 



(4) ezi. 



Relatives to whom applied ' 

 Husband's mother's mother 



(F.S.). 

 Husband's sister (F. S.). 

 Old woman. 

 Father. 



Father's brother. 

 Mother's sister's husband. 

 Father's father's brother's son. 

 Father's mother's sister's son. 

 Stepfather. 

 Mother. 

 Mother's sister. 

 Father's brother's wife. 

 Father's mother's brother's 



daughter. 

 Father's father's brother's 



daughter. 

 Mother's mother's sister's 



daughter. 

 Stepmother. 



(5) an6Nge Brother. 



Sister. 



Mother's sister's son. 



Mother's sister's daughter. 



Father's brother's son. 



Father's brother's daughter. 



Half brother. 



Half sister. 



(6) yande Mother's brother's daughter 



(M. S.). 

 Wife's sister (M. S.). 

 Wife's sister's husband (M. S.). 

 Father's sister's son (F. S.). 

 Husband's brother (F. S.). 

 Husband's brother's wife (F. S.). 

 Potential wife (M. S.). 

 Potential husband (F. S.). 



(7) akwanindu Mother's brother's son. 



Mother's brothel's son's son. 



Father's sister's daughter's son. 



Son-in-law. 



Mother's sister's daughter's son 



(M. S.). 

 Sister's son (M. S.). 

 Father's brother's daughter's son 



(M. S.). 

 Father's sister's son's son (M. S.). 

 Wife's brother (M. S.). 

 Mother's brother's daughter's son 



(F. S.). 

 Mother's sister's son's son (F. S.). 

 Brother's son (F. S.). 

 Father's brother's son's son 



(F. S.). 



(8) akwani Mother's brother's son's daughter. 



Daughter-in-law. 



Mother's sister's daughter's 



daughter (M. S.). 

 Sister's daughter (M. S.). 



