maalg

Word Class: AnaWu

correct kinship relation for marriage , subsection

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Notes: As cpd. initial (usually -maalg- with long vowel): see mama`ang, alaadi, -w2ara. The term can be applled to the subsection classes used by neighboring Aboriginal groups including Ngandi and Ritharngu, but this system is not normally used by Nunggubuyu. The term therefore often means, more informally, suitable kinship class status with particular reference to marriageability (there is no other abstract term for kinship or the like). Avoid confusion with two preceding elements. (f. algur.