mamangmamammámmámánmamammámánmám gitEnglishmy motherTok Pisinmama bilong miFor Sursurungas, my mother is not only my biological mother, but includes all females my biological mother calls tuang_lik (my sister). And since this reference term is reciprocal, it includes all females of the same moiety both one generation above and one generation below me. The most intimate, and vocative, forms of this meaning are nana and mang.
aratinánmangnanatinán4.1.9Kinshipkinship
aratinánmangnanatinán4.1.9Kinshipkinship
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