1870.] oOo [Biinton. 



The terms of relationship are numerous, and differ materially in applica- 

 tion from those used in the English tongue; as will be seen in the follow- 

 ing list : 



I. Kinship by blood. 



1. In the male line. 



mnafo, my grandfather, the father of my father or of my mother, their 

 fathers, brothers, and male cousins. 



ahi, my father, his brothers, his male cousins, his uncles and nei)hews, 

 their brothers and male cousins. 



vmosM, my maternal uncle, his brothers and male cousins. 



alcni, the eldest among brothers, and male cousins. 



usM, a son, svso, my son, son of the father, father's brothers, male 

 cousins, son of the mother, her sisters and female cousins, son of the 

 father's sister (said by this father's son). 



Habaiyi, my nephew, a son of my sister or her female cousin. 



sapok nakni, my male grandchild, my sister's male grandchildren, my 

 brother's children (said by an aunt). 



ittibapishi, brother, literally those who suck together, a general name for 

 brothers and male cousins. 



vmmvmii, my elder brother or cousin. 



sa nak fish, my younger brother or cousin. 



i nak fi, her brother, spoken by a woman. 



2. In the female line. 



vppokni, my grandmother, her sisters, female cousins and their mothers. 



Jivshke, my mother, her sisters, and female cousins. 



aJiukni, my aunt, her sisters and female cousins. 



akni, the eldest child among sisters and female cousins. 



vsJietik, or svsotek, my daughter, the daughter of my sisters or female 

 cousins, the child of my father's sister, her sister or her cousin. 



sapoktek, my granddaughter, my sister's grandchildren, the female child 

 of a brother's sister. 



itte bapisM, sisters, female cousins, common gender. 



mnmvnni, my eldest sister or cousin. 



sanakfish, my younger sister or cousin. 



antek, my sister or female cousin, said by a man. 

 II. Kinship by marriage. 



hatak, husband, literally, her man. 



tekchi, wife, im ohoyo, his woman. 



svppocM, my father-in-law, said by the man. 



svppoclii, ohoyo, my mother-in-law, said by the man. 



mnvfa, my father-in-law, said by the woman. 



vppokni, my mother-in-law, said by the woman. 



sayup, my son-in-law. 



sapok, my daughter-in-law. 



vmalaktm, my brother-in-law, brother of my wife. 



vmalak, my brother-in-law, husband of my sister. 



vmafo, my uncle, the husband of my aunt. 



vmalakusi ohoyo, my sister-in-law, sister of my wife. 



