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 ==Vocabulary==
 ====Kinship Terms====
-In Burungian society, each individual belongs to a broad group known as an ''yenu'' "tribe" and within that to a family group called an ''as'' "clan", the members of which claim matrilineal descent from a pair of common ancestors known as the ''heuji'' (male) and ''beus'' (female). A person belonging to the same clan is called a ''beraako'', whilst anyone beyond the clan group is an ''ase''.
+In Burungian society, each individual belongs to a broad group known as an ''yenu'' "tribe", largely defined by adherence to a particular chief and worship of a tutelary deity.  Within that tribe they belong to a family group called an ''as'' "clan", the members of which claim matrilineal descent from a pair of common ancestors known as the ''atasho'' (male) and ''amasho'' (female). A person belonging to the same clan is called a ''beraako'', whilst anyone beyond the clan group is an ''ase''.
+Somewhat distinct from the clan group is an individual's close family group, known as ''angazoi'' "kinsmen". While a person traces his clan group as a vertical line, descending through a series of individuals, his ''angazoi'' is more like a network extending in every direction. Anyone who shares a common great-grandfather (''araato'') or great-grandmother (''ashoto'') with a person is considered his ''angaba'' "relative, kinsman". Within this family group there are then three degrees of proximity, which restrict such things as marriage and are relevant in the inheritance of property: the '''''hayabing'''''  line, the '''''yipuaute''''' line and the '''''wengaute''''' line.
+=====''Hayabing''=====
+The ''hayabing'' line (literally "ancestors-descendents"), also called the ''buruaute'' or "head line", is the primary family line including a persons direct ancestors and descendents. Marriage and sexual relationships are strictly prohibited within the ''hayabing''.
+* ''hayaba'' any direct ancestor preceding great-grandparents
+* ''nanaba'' "great-grandmother"
+* ''waraapa'' "great-grandfather"
+* ''ashoba'' "grandmother"
+* ''araapa'' "grandfather"
+* ''ama'' "mother"
+* ''ata'' "father"
+* ''ayaba'' "daughter" (teenage or older)
+* ''xemba'' "son" (teenage or older)
+* ''omba'' "child" (preteen or ''iriji'')
+* ''yoba'' "grandchild"
+* ''yobato'' "great-grandchild"
+* ''bimba'' any direct descendant following great-grandchild.
+Notes:
+* Most familial terms end with the suffix ''-ba'' and are derived (sometimes irregularly) from ordinary parts of speech, e.g. ''xemba'' "son" < ''xini'' "boy, lad", ''waraapa'' "great-grandfather" < ''waras'' "old man".
+* Distinctions between maternal and paternal ancestors are made with the adjectives ''amaking'' "maternal" and ''ataking'' "paternal", e.g. ''amaking nanaba'' "maternal great-grandmother".
+* Disctinctions of gender may be made with ''hayaba'', ''yoba, yobato'' and ''bimba'' with the adjectives ''acchi'', ''buyachi'' and ''iriji'', e.g. ''acchi yoba'' "grandson".
+=====''Yipuaute''=====
+The ''yipuaute'' (literally "hand line") is the secondary line and includes a person's siblings and their children, their spouse and their spouse's parents and children, and their parent's siblings or spouses. Half-siblings are not distinguished from full siblings as they still contain one parent's blood. Step-parents are considered identical in relation to parents-in-law and step-children to children-in-law. Marriage within this line is prohibited (except in the case of spouses), but sexual relationships are not.
+* ''xeba'' "aunt, foster-mother"
+* ''hoyaba'' "uncle, foster-father"
+* ''waba'' "mother-in-law, step-mother, mother of half-sibling"
+* ''aneriba'' "father-in-law, step-father, father of half-sibling"
+* ''az, abba'' "husband"
+* ''buya, buyaba'' "wife"
+* ''neba'' "older sibling"
+* ''azeba'' "younger sibling"
+* ''ezang'' "daughter-in-law, step-daughter"
+*
+* ''angane'' "older cousin, foster-sibling, or other relative of same generation"
+* ''angeepa'' "younger cousin, foster-sibling, or other relative of same generation"
-Somewhat distinct from the clan group is an individual's close family group, known as ''osunka'' "kinsmen". While a person traces his clan group as a vertical line, descending through a series of individuals, his ''osunka'' is more like a network extending in every direction. Anyone who shares a common great-grandfather (''araato'') or great-grandmother (''ashoto'') with a person is considered his ''angade'' "relative, kinsman". Within this family group there are then three degrees of proximity, which restrict such things as marriage and are relevant in the inheritance of property:
-# '''Exoolaing''', the direct line (lit. 'line of begetting'), includes a person and his direct ancestors (parents, grandparents and great-grandparents) and descendants (children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren). Marriage and sexual relationships are strictly prohibited within the ''exoolaing''.
-# '''Yipugyong''', the secondary line, includes a person's siblings and their children, their spouse and their spouse's parents and children, and their parent's siblings or spouses. Half-siblings are not distinguished from full siblings as they still contain one parent's blood. Step-parents are considered identical in relation to parents-in-law and step-children to children-in-law. Marriage within this line is prohibited (except in the case of spouses), but sexual relationships are not.
 # '''Audagyong''', the side line, includes anyone descended from a great-grandparent not included in the above, and anyone within a spouse's secondary line. There are no prohibitions regarding marriage or sexual relationships between these people.