VOCABULARY OF THE WARLMANPA LANGUAGE
David Nash
(10) Kinship terminology:
[under construction]
Subsections
The Warlmanpa subsection terms are given in the table,
arranged by patrimoiety. m=male, f=female
The right-hand pair of columns show the terms
recorded by Spencer & Gillen as ‘Walpari’, and their equivalence
with the modern Warlmanpa terms (as opposed to modern
Warlpiri subsection names) is part of the evidence that Spencer &
Gillen’s ‘Walpari’ at Tennant Creek were probably speakers of Warlmanpa.
Table of subsection names
|
Warlmanpa1 |
|
‘Walpari’2 |
|
| code |
m |
f |
m |
f |
| A |
Japaja |
Napaja |
Chapatcha |
Napatcha |
| A |
Jungurra |
Namurlpa |
Chunguri |
Namilpa |
| B |
Japanangka |
Napanangka |
Chapanunga |
Napanunga |
| B |
Japangarti |
Napangarti |
Chapungarta |
Napungarta |
| C |
Jampijinpa |
Nampijinpa |
Champechinpa |
Nambechinpa |
| C |
Jangala |
Nangala |
Chungalla |
Nungalla |
| D |
Jakama |
Nakama |
Chakuma |
Nakuma |
| D |
Jupula |
Napula |
Chupilla |
Napula |
1As published by Aboriginal Land Commission 1982:26.
2Spencer & Gillen 1968 [1899]:90-1 and 1904:100-1.
References
Aboriginal Land Commission. 1982. Kaytej, Warlpiri and Warlmanpa land
claim: report by the Aboriginal Land Commissioner, Mr. Justice Toohey,
to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and to the Administrator of the
Northern Territory. No. 14. Australian Government Publishing Service. [cat.
no.8206696]
Spencer, W.B. & F.J. Gillen. 1899. The Native Tribes of Central
Australia. London: Macmillan. Republished 1968 New York: Dover Publications.
Spencer, W.B. & F.J. Gillen. 1904. The Northern Tribes of Central
Australia. London: Macmillan.
See also Gladys
Brown's kinship page
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David Nash