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numam viy, my grandchild. 
vican nutata, my uncle. 
nute, vana, nutata, my aunt. 
vieos, my nephew or niece. 
gechan, or nubalue, my brother-in-law. 
vienam, my sister-in-law. 
vali or valibatz, my daughter-in-law. 
nu hinam, my father-in-law. 
nuhite, my mother-in-law. 
nuchaX nunahti nimal, my male cousin. 
nunahti ana, my female cousin. 
nuchi, my son-in-law. 
nuyahtata, or, nutata bal, my stepfather. 
nuyahte, or nutebal, my stepmother. 
4. The women say among themselves: 
nuxibal, my elder brother. 
nughuti xibal, my younger brother. 
nunimal, my elder sister. 
nuchaXilatz, my younger sister. 
valinam, my father-in-law. 
valite, my mother-in-law. 
nunahti xibal, my male cousin. 
nunahti numal, my female cousin. 
The women call the nephew val and the niece also, and to 
know if.it is a son or not one asks: Avteih pe aval? Is it 
really thy son? If it is she says: Val; and if not, Ralgual 
nuxibal, it is the son of my brother; and of the niece, Rumeal 
nucibal. Aval pe? Isit thy son, or thy daughter? She re- 
plies, Val, my son. 
The following table from Villacafias and Coto exhibits the terms of con- 
sanguinity and affinity as used by the two sexes : 
By males, By females, 
my son nu qahol val 
my daughter nu mial vixokal 
my elder brother nu nimal nu wibal 
my younger brother nu chad nu qhuti wibal 
my elder sister vana nu nimal 
