Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures, tables and maps
- List of myths
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Orthography
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Social structure
- 3 The set of specialist roles
- 4 Kinship and marriage
- 5 The life-cycle
- 6 Production and consumption
- 7 Concepts of space–time
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Named groups
- Appendix 2 Kinship terminology
- Works cited
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Appendix 2 - Kinship terminology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures, tables and maps
- List of myths
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Orthography
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Social structure
- 3 The set of specialist roles
- 4 Kinship and marriage
- 5 The life-cycle
- 6 Production and consumption
- 7 Concepts of space–time
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Named groups
- Appendix 2 Kinship terminology
- Works cited
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Summary
Kinship terminology
The kinship terms in current use among the Barasana of Caño Colorado are listed below. I give the genealogically closest relatives denoted by each term in conventional symbols, followed by a description in terms of group membership (‘own exogamous descent unit’ or ‘other exogamous descent unit’) and generation. In a few cases of terminological usage this second description is not true: this happens when members of +1 or −1 generations belonging to outside exogamous units are classed as terminological agnates following marriage to another member of an outside exogamous unit. Thus, to take an example, my MBW will be classed as mekaho even if she is not from my own exogamous unit. I have not included all the composite terms which may be used in descriptive references (for instance, mekaho manahʉ).
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1980