gea uncle: mother's brother (MB) / nephew, niece (ZC): child of o.'s [...]

Part of Speech	noun, kinship
Phonetic Form	ᵑgea
Tanema Equivalent	ñinga
Paradigm Form	1s: gi' one ; 2s: gea ; 3s: gi' iape ; 3p: gi' adapa

1. • uncle: mother's brother (MB)
   • • Kin

   Encyclopedic Info

   I call my uncle’s wife my mother (ete).

   • • Example 504:
       

       da gi’ iape

       [lit. both his uncle] an uncle–nephew pair

     • Example 804:
       

       Gea dapa, uña tieli ete.

       Your uncles are your mother's siblings.

     • Example 805:
       

       Ai’ iape gi’ one.

       His father is my uncle.

2. • nephew, niece (ZC): child of o.'s sister

   Typical Subject	ego male
   Encyclopedic Info	I call my nephew’s wife my daughter-in-law (uku).

   • • Example 806:
       

       Gi’ one, tieli et’ one mwalkote; nga tae, ini men’ ie tili’ one emele.

       My ‘gea’ is either my mother’s brother [uncle], or the son of my sister [nephew].

3. • nephew, niece (MBDC): child of o.'s female cross-cousin (leka emele)

   Typical Subject

   ego male

Related entries

• Subentry:
  • gi’ shorter form of gea ‘uncle+’ before elision