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Relationship to Country
ITNEKERRE AKEYE: refers to the other skin group of landowners for country.
ANUKERREKEYE: Kngwarraye, Peltharre, Pengarte and Penangke or vice versa.
MALYENUK: Perurrle, Kemarre, Ngale and Mpetyane.
ALTYERREKEKE: my place; through the mother.
eg: when you dream of your mother’s country, the story or ancestors from there then that tells you that somebody is coming in relation to your mother’s side of the family.
ATYAKEKE: my place; from the grandfather through the father.
IPMENEKEKE: grandmother from mother’s mother.
PERLEKEKE: (perleperle) my grandmother from the father.
APMENEKEKE: refers to sister and brother grandparents.
Family Relationships
AKNEYE: father
MEYE: mother
ARRENGE-ARRENGE: father’s father
PERLEPERLE: father’s mother
ATYEMEYE: mother’s father
MINYE: mother’s mother
AKNEYE: father’s brother
AWENHE-AWENHE: father’s sister (means to listen; always listening backing up her brother, listening to anyone who may be back talking her brother).
MEYE: mother’s sister
APMARLE: mother’s brother
KILYE: big brother
KAKE: brother
YAYE: big sister
ATYEYE TYE: little sister
ATYENGE ATYEYE: my sister/my brother
ALERE ALERE: brother’s son (nephew)
IMPARTYE IMPARTYE: sister’s son (nephew)
KAKE ILENEKENHE LKENELENGHE: sister and brother’s sons (together)
ANKULE NENGHE: cousins from sister and brother
ILERRE ATYENHE: mother-in-law
IMPARTYE IMPARTYE: father-in-law
NTINGE: sister-in-law
NPURNE: brother-in-law
MINYE: grandson/grand-daughter
AYENGE: me
ATYENHE: mine
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