Comparative table of Wakelburra and Kurnai Relationships

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Parental Relationships
English Wakelbura Kurnai
Father Yabū mungan
Father's brother Yaboo mungan
Mother's Sister's husband Yaboo mungan
Mother Yŭnga yukan
Mother's sister Yŭnga yukan
Father's brother's wife Bergo yukan
Father' sister's calls his son Yabbo mumung
Mother's [sister - crossed out] brother's wife Bebinna mumung
Mother's brother Calgnah babuk
Father's sister's husband Ballindin babuk

Filial Relationship
English Wakelbura Kurnai
M Son Kŭnti lit
M Brother's son Kunti lit
M Wife's Sister's son Waminda lit
M Wife's brother's son ※ Waminda lit
M Sister's son ※ Calgnah lit
F Son duana or doonah lit
F Sister's son Calgnah lit
F Husband's brother's son Waminda lit
F Husband's sister's son ※ Waminda lit
F Brother's son ※ Calgnah lit

M = male speaking F = Female speaking
※ I expect that these will differ from those not marked, in the
Wakelbura system. The Kurnai terms are in these
cases unusual, and differ from the common rule.

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Document Details

Date —

Letter From —

Letter To —

Author Howitt, Alfred William

Country Australia

Colony/State Victoria

Holding Institution State Library of Victoria

Collection Name Alfred W. Howitt Collection

Registration Number MS9356/407

Medium Table

Region —

Locality —

Summary MS 9356 [Series] Correspondence and notes concerning aboriginal tribes - Aboriginal tribes of Victoria. [Sub Series] Kurnai [Item Title] Comparative tables of Wakelburn and Kurnai relationships. [Summary note] 2 pages. Box 1053 [Folder] 4(b) [State Library Victoria record 2018]

Physical Description Handwritten comparative language tables with notes. Headings include Marital Relationship, Fraternal Relationship, Parental relationship and Filial Relationship.