Kinship

This is a list of some of the Kinship terms in Kuyani.

Kuyani
English
imari
sister's husband
kadlari
sister-in-law
kadnyini
grandmother, grandchild of the same moiety
karunhu
wife
maarni
husband
maarni-wiri
married couple
ngalpu
two or more people of the same moiety and generational level
ngamarna
uncle, mother's brother
ngami
mother
ngami-nharraka
kinship accompanied by mother
ngantawiri
mother and child
ngaparla
unmarriageable female cross cousin
papapa
maternal grandfather
papi
father
papiwiri
kinship pair: father and child
parnanyi
son or daughter (man speaking), brother's child (woman speaking)
payara
daughter's husband, woman speaking, wife's mother, man speaking
pirranguru
'bride', a young woman who is eligible as a particular man's spouse
tharu
father in law
yaka
elder sister
yunga
older brother
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