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Rotuman Custom as told to Gordon MacGregor in 1932
from notes archived at
Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai'i

Kinship

Category:

Kinship(1)

Topic:

Terminology

Consultant:

Undisclosed

MacGregor's Notes

Comments
  • haisasiga = brothers or cousins used in 3rd person. Group of brothers.
  • ö'fa'ak = uncle, not real father
  • lelea'ak = not own children
  • kainag pau = close relations
  • kaunohoga = eating group, not related
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    Category:

    Kinship(2)

    Topic:

    Terminology

    Consultant:

    C.Jacobsen

    MacGregor's Notes

    Comments

    great-grandfather

    ö'fa ne 'oto mapiga

    paternal grandfather

    mapiga (fa)

    father and father's brother

    ö'fa; plural = ö'ö'fa

    mother's child

    le'e; plural = lele'a

    boy

    fa

    girl

    hani

    grandchild

    mapiga (sometimes k for p)

    great-grandmother

    ö'hani ne 'oto mapiga

    paternal grandmother

    mapiga (hani)

    mother's and father's sister(s)

    ö'honi; plural = ö'ö'haina

    daughter

    le' hani

    grandchild

    mapiga; plural = ma'ma'piga

    nephews and nieces of any degree, either sex

    'oto le'e

    brother, boy speaking

    sasigi

    male cousin, boy speaking

    sasigi

    sister, boy speaking

    saghani

    female cousin, boy speaking

    saghani

    sister or female cousin, girl speaking

    sasingi

    brother, male speaking

    sagväväne

    husband, wife speaking

    väväne

    wife or woman

    hani

    Category:

    Kinship(3)

    Topic:

    Terminology

    Consultant:

    C.Jacobsen

    MacGregor's Notes

    Comments

    Twin

    suka

    Parent

    o'i; plural = o'o'i

    Kindred of the same generation or seniors including parents

    'on o'o'i

    male's brother-in-law

    mäe

    female's sister-in-law

    mäe

    male's sister-in-law

    hamfua

    female's brother-in-law

    hamfua

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