Words used as name of a person (should be capitalized) | Words used as name of relationship (shouldn’t be capitallized) | Equivalent English words |
Ane or Ama | anii | mother |
aba | father | |
Ato | ato bo | grandfather / father in-law / spouse’ ate bo |
Ayo | ayo bo | grandmother / mother in-law / wife of spouse ate bo or wife’s baro |
Ate | ate bo | elder brother / paternal uncle/ elder cousin |
Ata | ata bo | elder sister / paternal aunt / elder cousin |
Aku | aku bo | maternal uncle |
Achi | achi bo | sister in-law (elder) / wife of ate bo, aku bo and elder oho bo |
Am | am or nyahii | sister in law (younger) / wife of son, anu or younger oho bo . Also daughter in-law |
----------- | oho | son / daughter |
----------- | oho bo | nephew (son of ata bo) |
baro | brother | |
barmii | sister | |
----------- | anu | 1. younger brother / nephew or son of ate bo (younger in age) [for ate bo] 2. younger sister / daughter of ate bo or aku bo [for ata bo] |
----------- | ami | elder sister [for younger sister; it’s ata bo for younger brother] |
----------- | aban | elder brother / ate bo |
----------- | ami-aban | elders |
----------- | anu-ami | sisters |
----------- | anu-aban | brothers |
----------- | anii-aba | parents |
----------- | barmii-baro | brother and sister |
----------- | ato-ayo bo | grandparents/ parents of spouse / wife’s ate bo and his wife or husband’s aban and his wife |
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Words of Human Relationships
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Do baro and barmii apply to brothers and sisters in general ? I thought it was respectively for younger brother and younger sister only.
yeah, baro and barmii applies to brothers and sisters in general.
* For ayo, "wife of spouse ate bo or wife’s baro". I'm not getting u here..Could u please elaborate a little bit ?
* For am = sister in law (younger). Do u mean "brother's wife younger than speaker" or "younger brother's wife" ?
anu => 2. younger sister / daughter of ate bo or aku bo [for ata bo]
Do u mean that :
- a gal addresses her father's brother's daughter as 'anu' ?
- a gal also addresses her mother's brother's daughter as 'anu' ?
@pb
[* For ayo, "wife of spouse ate bo or wife’s baro".]
atebo in apatani means elder bro as well as paternal uncle. if wife of paternal uncle or even elder bro is much older than the wife of spouse, she may call her 'ayo'.
*[ For am = sister in law (younger). Do u mean "brother's wife younger than speaker" or "younger brother's wife" ?]
'am' is younger bro's wife or younger cousin's wife who is also younger than the speaker.
[anu => 2. younger sister / daughter of ate bo or aku bo [for ata bo]]
younger sister is 'anu' for elder sister. here elder sis or younger sis mean sisters from same parents or maternal or paternal cousins.
hope u r able to make out the meaning.
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