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Dousset, Laurent, Harold Koch and Patrick McConvell. 2015. AustKin Database on Australian Aboriginal Kinship Systems and Systems of Social Organization: The Paakantyi terminology (based on Hercus, Luise A. 1993. Paakantyi Dictionary. Canberra. AIATSIS). http://www.austkin.net/language/151, accessed 2026-06-18.

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Paakantyi - Hercus

Source: Hercus, Luise A. 1993. Paakantyi Dictionary. Canberra. AIATSIS. Recorded: 1993

G+2						FF nguulka	=			FM kuratya		MF ngathatya	=			MM kanyitya
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G+1				FZH	=	\| FZ				\| F kampitya kampiya	=	\| M ngamaka				\| MB paapatya waakatya	=	MBW
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G-0	H marli nganpa \|			FZD ngulti		FZS ngulti				B kaakutya parlutya	*EGO*	Z kanyitya katyaka ngaanutya parlutya waatitya warriki wirtuka				MBS ngulti		MBD ngulti	W kumpaka marli⁽¹⁾ \|
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G-1	SW	=	S		BSW	=	BS f:kiingkutya f:nhuuwarra	BDH	=	BD f:nhuuwarra		ZS m:kiingkutya f:wimparra	=	ZSW	ZD f:wimparra	=	ZDH		D	=	DH
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G-2	SS		SD		BSS		BSD	BDS		BDD		ZSS		ZSD	ZDS		ZDD		DS		DD

NOTES: 1: bereaved |

Dyadic and/or trirelational terms

type	word	gloss as in source	gloss
dyadic	-linya	pair of relatives, denoting kinship pairs	dyadic
dyadic	kaakutya	pair of brothers	B+B
dyadic	kampitya	father and child	F+S/D
dyadic	kanytya	grandmother and grandchild	MM+DD, MM+DS
dyadic	marli	married couple	H+W
dyadic	mungkatya	aunt and niece or nephew	FyZ+BS/BD
dyadic	ngamaka	mother and child	M+S/D
dyadic	waakatya	uncle and nephew or niece	MB+ZS/D
dyadic	wimparra	mother and child	M+S/D
dyadic	wirtuka	pair of sisters	eZ+yZ

B=Brother
D=Daughter
F=Father

M=Mother
MB=Mother's Brother
MZ=Mother's Sister

FF=Father's Father
FM=Father's Mother
MF=Mother's Father

FB=Father's Brother
FZ=Father's Sister
H=Husband

S=Son
W=Wife
Z=Sister

MM=Mother's Mother
C=Child

m: male speaking
f: female speaking