Rongmei Kinship

Adults addressing children

male adults to young boys – abung
male adults to young girls – alu
female adults to young boys – abung
female adults to young girls – alu
elderly males to young boys (of the grandchildren’s generation) – abung
elderly males to young girls (of the grandchildren’s generation) – alu
elderly females to young boys (of the grandchildren’s generation) – abung
elderly female to young girls (of the grandchildren’s generation)  – alu

Children addressing adults

1. 1. young boys to male adults (of the parental generation)

belonging to the same clan/phratry as the boy’s father – apu belonging to the same clan/phratry as the boy’s mother: apou

1. 1. young boys to female adults (of the parental generation)

belonging to the same clan/phratry as the boy’s father: apui belonging to the same clan/phratry as the boy’s mother: anei

1. 1. young girls to male adults (of the parental generation)

belonging to the same clan/phratry as the girls’s father: apu belonging to the same clan/phratry as the girls’s mother: apou

1. 1. young girls to female adults (of the parental generation)

belonging to the same clan/phratry as the girls’s father: apui belonging to the same clan/phratry as the girls’s mother: anei

1. 1. young boys to elderly males (of the grandparents’ generation) – apou

1. 1. young boys to elderly females (of the grandparents’ generation) in general – apei

1. 1. considered by the boy’s father as his paternal aunt – anei

1. 1. young girls to elderly males (of the grandparents’ generation)- apou##young girls to elderly females (of the randparents’ generation) in general -apei

1. 1. considered by the girl’s father as her paternal aunt: anei

Adults addressing adults male

1. 1. to male adults (of the same generation) members of the same clan/phratry – chana otherwise: NAME

1. 1. male to female adults (of the same generation) – NAME

1. 1. female adult to a male adult of the same generation

members of the same clan/phratry – cai/kainah otherwise: NAME

1. 1. female to female adults (of the same generation)

members of the same clan/phratry – suanrei otherwise: NAME

1. 1. elderly males to other elderly males + + child/grandchild namefollowed by –pu/-pou

1. 1. elderly males to elderly females

child/brother’s child/grandchild name followed by pui/nei/pei, or NAME

1. 1. elderly females to elderly males

child/grandchild name followed by –pu/-pou)

1. 1. elderly females to other elderly females + child/brother’s child/grandchild name followed by pui/nei/pei, or NAME

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Kinship Rongmei Dictionary