Re: OT: Language & clans? Re: OT: Ukraine
| From: | Marshall and Endemann <vaiaata@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 3:41 |
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on 1/12/04 2:09 PM, Doug Dee at AmateurLinguist@AOL.COM wrote:
> In a message dated 11/30/2004 3:32:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM writes:
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>> It's probably true that all kinship systems have distinct terms for
>> father, mother, son, daughter, brother, and sister,
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> I seem to recall that there are some languages that have words for "same-sex
> sibling" and "opposite-sex sibling" instead of "brother" and "sister."
>
> Doug
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Yes, Samoan's one of those - well, it conforms in the first instance.
Man's brother - uso
Woman's sister - uso
Man's sister - tuafafine
Woman's brother - tuagane
etc
Chris
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