Notes on the Caddo / by Elsie Clews Parsons.

  • Elsie Clews Parsons
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[1941]
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    shahat’iti hanin netsi’oiha46 iba’kin chu'u’nu ikwi reciprocal for junior relatives excepting siblings45 my spouse, desc.47 father-in-law, son-in-law, desc.;48 son-in-law, voc., hanin mother-in-law,49 daughter-in-law,50 desc., wife of mother’s brother50 an alternative term, perhaps, for chu'u'nu; stepmother51 (Pardon) da'hai’ sister-in-law, brother-in-law,52 voc. and desc. The following terms are used descriptively, reports Dr. Reichard, by a third person, e.g. NichaGaiyu’ sahsin, White Moon, his mother. Father asin (a'a’)53 Mother sahsin (mV) Grandfather bakin (iba't’) Grandmother ka’an (ika’) Mother’s brother banin (iba‘) Father’s sister hawin (ahaT) Older brother of a male nayin (ine) Younger brother of a male yahdin (Du'wi’) Brother of a female na’din (kinit’iti) Older sister of a female yawin (iye’) Younger sister of a femalel Sister of a male j dadin (t’a’hai’O Cross-cousin (father’s sister’s child) sakin (shahat’) Application of Terms in Genealogical tables a’a, father, father’s brother Gen. I, 42 > Gen. i, 10 father Gen. II, 65 > Gen. n, 47 father Gen. I, 42 > Gen. i, 7 father’s brother 45 wahadin, the child of salktn who is the child of cahu't, a cousin in the speaker’s generation related through a grandparent (Spier). 46 nepit’oiha, his spouse. 47 natsikwai (Spier). 48 ebakm (Spier). 49 inkalan (Spier). 60 tcuhudnu (Spier). 61 ikwe’i (Spier). 53 dahaT (Spier). 53 The descriptive (and vocative) term used by the first person is given in parentheses for comparison.