MICHELSON— PIEGAN CONSANGUINITY 



paternal or maternal granduncle and grandaunt. Michelson's infor- 

 mation extends naa' x sa (female speaker) to include husband's sister 

 (younger or elder) and husband's brother (elder). Nitaw'tojombp, 

 "husbands of my sisters" (female speaker), is probably a corruption 

 of nitd'toyom a (Michelson), which however has a slightly more 

 extended meaning (see above and below). Wissler deserves credit for 

 not taking the word to include husband's brothers. Nimps (nim e sa €a , 

 Michelson) is probably too restricted meaning with male speaker: 

 with a female speaker, according to Wissler, it applies to wives of my 

 brothers, without any specification as to older or younger; according 

 to Michelson with male speaker it does the same. According to Tims, 

 Michelson, and Curtis (for a partial error see below), ni'skon "my 

 younger brothers", etc., with male speaker, includes also "my younger 

 sisters". That this last is correct is confirmed by the fact that Wissler 

 has no term for "my younger sister' ' with male speaker ; and that by his 

 own testimony the term is applied by a male speaker to his younger 

 first cousins by brothers of his parents, irrespective as to the sex of 

 these cousins. According to Michelson the term includes all of "my 

 younger first cousins", which is supported by the use of nissi'ssa 

 (female speaker), which as attested by Wissler does include them. 

 Primarily it means "my younger brother, my younger sister". 

 According to Michelson ni'skon does not include "younger brothers of 

 my father" any more than nissi'ssa does. For an extended use of 

 ni'skon, see below. According to Michelson ni'ssa x , with male speaker, 

 embraces "all the brothers of my father as well as my mother"; 

 exactly as, according to Wissler's own testimony, the word with a 

 female speaker will do this very thing. This is confirmed by the fact 

 that no term is given by Wissler with a male speaker for "my father's 

 elder brothers". Sanderville, one of Michelson's informants, was 

 unable fully to explain the meaning of Wissler's nitau'ka x s (nito'kaxs, 

 Michelson); he denied absolutely that it meant "my mother-in-law", 

 but thought it meant "my mother-in-law's near kinsman, kinswoman". 

 He was also sure it did not mean "real grandmothers". Nistommo'wak 

 is given by Wissler with the meaning "husbands of father's and 

 mother's sisters; also my sister's husband" (male speaker). Michel- 

 son has recorded an equivalent of this with the meaning "my sister's 

 husband" (male speaker). However, from his other schedules he 

 feels sure that the term is applicable to "my father's sister" (male 

 speaker), but is doubtful if it can apply to "my mother's sister's 

 husband". Wissler deserves praise for restricting the term to male 

 speakers only; per contra Grinnell and Uhlenbeck are wrong in not 

 so doing. Wissler also is to be commended for not grouping "my 



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