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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- young boys to elderly males (of the grandparents’ generation) – apou
- young boys to elderly females (of the grandparents’ generation) in general – apei
- considered by the boy’s father as his paternal aunt – anei
- young girls to elderly males (of the grandparents’ generation)- apou##young girls to elderly females (of the randparents’ generation) in general -apei
- considered by the girl’s father as her paternal aunt: anei
Adults addressing adults male
- to male adults (of the same generation) members of the same clan/phratry – chana otherwise: NAME
- male to female adults (of the same generation) – NAME
- female adult to a male adult of the same generation
members of the same clan/phratry – cai/kainah otherwise: NAME
- female to female adults (of the same generation)
members of the same clan/phratry – suanrei otherwise: NAME
- elderly males to other elderly males + + child/grandchild namefollowed by –pu/-pou
- elderly males to elderly females
child/brother’s child/grandchild name followed by pui/nei/pei, or NAME
- elderly females to elderly males
child/grandchild name followed by –pu/-pou)
- elderly females to other elderly females + child/brother’s child/grandchild name followed by pui/nei/pei, or NAME