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yamanchu, or: yamenchu. The husband says to his sister-in-law yame- 
mitama, she says to him tafimitama, my brother-in-law. 
Elder brother niha or: hiosa. When chiefs are brothers or equal in 
power, to equalize their consideration they are calléd or call each other by 
this term Aiosa. The elder brother calls the younger brother and the 
younger sister amita, amitina, or: yacha quianima, and his elder sister he 
calls yacha miso. Should the younger brother die, the elder never says 
that he is dead, and never calls him, as formerly, amita or amitina, but 
speaks of him as yubuvaribana ‘he that was born after my younger broth- 
er; and when the elder brother is dead, the younger names him no 
longer iosa nor niha, but only ano ecoyana. 
Of twins, boy and girl, the male is called caru amitimale, ‘‘ brother born 
at a time with a sister ;’’ the femaleis called caru yachimale, ‘‘she that was 
born with a brother.” 
My male or female cousin (speaking to males) conina; thy cousin conaye, 
his cousin contémima, our cousin coninica, conimile, your cousin conayage, 
their cousin conimitilama. My male or female cousin (speaking to females) 
ebona, ebuona; thy cousin eboya, ebuoia, her cousin ebuomima. 
The cousin calls the wife of his uncle nebapatami, torapatami, itorapa- 
tami, entena or: entenada gisotim?. Of the sons of two brothers, those of 
the younger call the uncle the same as if he were their father, ce miso, 
those of the elder call the uncle, who is the younger of the brothers, 7é 
quiant,; otherwise the uncle of either is called by them ztele. The sons of 
these brothers, although they be second cousins, call each other ‘‘ brothers,’’ 
observing the foregoing nomenclature, and the daughters of these brothers 
call the elder cousins yacha, the younger amita, amitina, and also by the 
terms given above. Thecommon people call these children of brothers, 
when male: ‘‘brothers,’’ ‘‘born together:’ vireo amitimale sige, or 
“‘reared together,” viro amitimale pocha; and when male and female, they 
are called yachimale. When two brothers marry two sisters, they each 
call the other fafi, the term for brother-in-law and sister-in-law, and should 
the men not be of kin they are called yame, ‘‘married to my sister,’’ or 
iquilnona, ‘‘married to the sister of my wife.’’ The children of different 
fathers by the same mother are called ano nemoquarege sige; if male, viro 
nemoquurege sige, if female nia nemoquarege ulemt. 
TERMS OF RELATIONSHIP USED BY FEMALES ONLY. 
(First Catechism, sheet H.) 
My child (son or daughter) ulena. Is it thy child? wlaya? It is her 
child, wlemila. Is it her child? wlemima? The child of Maria, Maria 
ulemima; the son of Maria, Maria ulemila. It is our child wlenica or ule- 
mile; your child uleyage; their child wlemitilama. The children of Anna, 
Ana ulemicare ; my elder child ulena miso ; my second child ulena paca - 
