APPENDIX 2 



BORORO KINSHIP SYSTEM 



The Bororo are divided into two exogamous 

 matrilineal moieties — Cherdide and Tugaregede. 

 A man in the Tugaregede moiety calls all men of 

 his own moiety tugarege and all women tugarere. 

 He calls men of the Cherdide moiety cherdi and 

 women cherdre. One's opposites can be collec- 

 tively called yorubwiare, or if they are small chil- 

 dren, yorubudaredrogo; drogo meaning little. 



There are actually few classificatory terms in the 

 Bororo kinship system. In a general way all men 

 of the opposite side are fathers (yogwa) . Genera- 

 tion lines are largely ignored. If the yogwa is old 

 he becomes a grandfather (yogwapega). If one 

 marries yogwa's sister he becomes one's brother- 

 in-law (nodou). Men younger than one's self are 

 called mede (boy) or son of the opposite moiety. 



Women of the opposite side are called mothers- 

 in-law {imaruga). They are potential wives. If 

 old they are grandmothers (imarugapega). That 

 is, one's father's mother is imarugapega, one's 

 father's sister is imaruga, her daughter is imaruga. 

 Women younger than one's self are termed arSde, 

 girl or daughter of the opposite moiety. One of 

 these women one marries, she may be imaruga or 

 arede, and she becomes one's toreduche, wife. Her 

 mother becomes imaruga. 



In one's own moiety the men are generally 

 classed as brothers (imdna) with distinctions for 

 younger and older brother (initiated or uni- 

 nitiated). Older men are imdnapega or yeddga, 

 father-in-law or initiator. Grandfather is yeddga- 

 pega; mother's brothers are yeddga; father's sister's 



daughter's husband is also yeddga. Boys are medet 

 girls are arede. When they get married one's 

 sister's children become iwageda, moiety-son; and 

 irdgo, moiety-daughter. Iwageda is also one's son- 

 in-law (daughter's husband). 



In one's own moiety women are mothers, 

 imuga; sisters before puberty, itwiye; and sisters 

 after puberty, irdgo. 



Children before puberty are just mede (boy) and 

 arede (girl) ; after puberty boys and girls of one's 

 own moiety become iwageda and irdgo, moiety- 

 son and moiety-daughter or son-in-law and 

 daughter-in-law. One's own son and daughter are 

 called mede and arede. These terms are extended 

 to brother's sons and daughters and to sister's sons 

 and daughters. They mean boy and girl especially 

 when drogo (little) is added. 



At puberty a boy goes through an initiation rite 

 which incorporates him into his own moiety. 

 After this, sister's son is called iwageda. After the 

 ear-piercing ceremony sister's daughter is called 

 irdgo. 



Cherdide clans 



1. Bokod6ri. 



2. Bak6ro. 



3. Bad6jebage. 



4. Ki<§do. 



5. Bor6tchera. 



6. Ochera. 



Tugari.de clans 



1. Ar&ri. 



a. Arur6cha btigi 



wtigi. 



b. Arur£cha tchibd- 



giwtigi. 



2. Iwagudodgi. 



a. Toh6reu. 



b. Ktidjagureu. 



3. Apibtfregi. 



4. Ipay&io. 



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