[Lexicog] Opposite of orphan

[Claire Bowern]

Bardi (NW Australia) has seeral such words for bereaved kin:

loomiyoon baawa (child who has lost a parent, = orphan; cf loomi baawa,
neglected child)
gambaj(oo) (mother who has lost a child, now used as a swear word by
Bardi men who don't know its original meaning)
algooyarr (father who's lost a child)
jilarr (man who has lost a brother, sister or cousin)
miiraj (woman who's lost a brother or sister, probably cousin too,
didn't check)
galgarr (widow or widower)

Claire

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Dr Claire Bowern
Linguistics, Rice University
Houston TX


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