The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo), Volume 2
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6.6 Kinship and Family
pp. 375a-pa n. father.
a-wang, wang-gip-a n. father's younger brother, mother's younger sister's husband, stepfather.
at-chu, at-chu-gip-a n. grandfather.
ma-ma, ma-ma-gip-a, ma-ma-tang n. mother's brother. <B
o˙-bit-e, u˙-bit-i, ho˙-bit-e n. father-in-law.
pa-a, pa-gip-a n. father.
pa-jong n. father's older brother, mother's older sister's husband.
a-jong, ma˙-jong n. mother's older sister; father's elder brother's wife.
a-ma n. mother, mom.
a-ni, ma-ni n. father's sister, mother's brother's wife, mother-in-law.
am-bi n. grandmother.
ma-ni, a-ni n. father's sister, mother's brother's wife, mother-in-law.
ma˙-de, ma˙-di, a˙-de, a˙-di n. mother's younger sister, father's younger brother's wife, aunt, stepmother.
ma˙-gip-a n. mother.
Page 376a-da, a-da-gip-a, a-da-tang n. elder brother, mother's elder sister's son, elder father's elder brother's son, elder parallel cousin-brother.
ang-jong, jong-gip-a, jong-tang n. younger brother, mother's younger sister's son, father's younger brother's son, younger parallel cousin-brother.
bo-ning, ang-bo-ning n. man or woman's younger sister's husband, spouse's older brother, reciprocal term between men.
gu-me, gu-mi, gu-me-gip-a, gu-mi-gip-a n. man or woman's older sister's husband.
jo-jong n. little brother, baby brother, affectionate name for a baby boy.
jong, jong-gip-a, ang-jong n. younger brother, mother's younger sister's son, father's younger brother's son, cousin-brother.
jong-sa-ri n. wife's younger brother, husband's younger brother.
nok-cham-e n. parent's of one's children-in-law, parents of a child's spouse.
sa-du, sa-du-gip-a n. wife's sister's husband: sa-du dal˙-gip-a wife's older sister's husband; sa-du chon-gip-a wife's younger sister's husband; sa-du-sa husbands of sisters.
se, si, se-gip-a, si-gip-a n. husband.
a-bi, a-bi-gip-a, a-bi-tang n. elder sister, mother's elder sister's daughter, father's elder brother's son, elder cousin-sister.
a-no, no, a-no-gip-a, no-gip-a, no-tang n. younger sister, mother's younger sister's daughter, father's younger brother's daughter, younger cousin-sister.
ang-jik, jik, jik-gip-a n. wife.
jik, jik-gip-a, jik-tang, ang-jik n. wife.
jik-git-e, jik-git-i n. younger wife, second wife.
no, no-gip-a, no-no, a-no n. younger sister, man's younger brother's wife, husband's or wife's younger brother's wife.
no-gip-a, no-tang, a-no n. younger sister, mother's younger sister's daughter, cousin-sister.
no-no n. little sister, affectionate name for a baby girl.
no-sa-ri n. wife's younger sister.
sa-ri n. sister-in-law, used reciprocally between any sisters-in-law.
ang-de, ang-di, de, di, de-gip-a, di-gip-a n. child as a kinship term, son, daughter, man's brother's child, woman's sister's child.
ang-nam-chik, nam-chik n. man's sister's daughter, woman's brother's daughter, niece, daughter-in-law.
ang-su, su˙-gip-a n. grandchild.
cha-wa-ri, cha-wa-ri-gip-a, cha-wa-ri-tang n. son-in-law.
de, di, de-gip-a, de-tang, gang-de n. child, as a kinterm; son, daughter.
Page 377de-me-chik, de-me-chik-gip-a, di-mi-chik n. daughter.
de-pan-te, di-pan-ti n. son.
gri, gri-gip-a, gri-tang, ang-gri n. cross nephew, woman's brother's son, man's sister's son.
nam-chik, ang-nam-chik n. man's sister's daughter, woman's brother's daughter, cross-niece, niece, daughter-in-law.
nok-krom n. male heir, resident son-in-law.
su˙-gip-a, ang-su n. grandchild.
a-ma-a-pa n. mother and father, parents.
am-bi-at-chu n. grandfather and grandmother, old people, ancestors.
jik-se n. wife and husband, couple.
chat-chi n. kin, kinsman.
jak-a-si n. the opposite kin group, left, left hand.
ma˙-chong n. kin group, lineage, named group, such as Nok-rek, Cham-bu-gong, etc.
chra, chra-tang, chra-gip-a n. men of a man's wife's lineage.
ang-bak n. close kinsman.
kam˙-dak n. real kin, immediate kin, closely related.
de-chap, di-chap n. twin.
de-jak-ra, di-jak-ra n. first child, oldest child.
jik-sek-a vt. marry by starting to live together without formal steps; steal a wife; take someone else's wife.
kim-a vt. marry, get married: me˙-chik me˙-a-sa-ko kim-a the woman marries the man.
chap-a, dong-na chap-a, dong-chap-a vt. give a second spouse; attach, join, put beside; pile up, as leaves, cloth, paper; attach, join.
gal-grik-a vt. mutually dispose of, divorce each other.
jik gal-a, jik-ko wat-a vt. divorce, (lit. throw away one's wife).
se-gal-a, se-ko gal-a vt. divorce, (lit. throw away one's husband).
ma˙-dong n. incest, sexual relations or marriage within a named lineage.
