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Older generations in the direct line (great-grandparents etc.) are called ''waraba'' regardless of sex or generation, a word roughly equivalent to "ancestor". The primary male ancestor of one's kinship group is known as the ''heuji'' and the female one as ''beuz''. Direct descendants below "grandchild" are called ''xembato''. | Older generations in the direct line (great-grandparents etc.) are called ''waraba'' regardless of sex or generation, a word roughly equivalent to "ancestor". The words ''araato'' and ''ashoto'' can be used for "great-grandfather" and "great-grandmother" respectively. The primary male ancestor of one's kinship group is known as the ''heuji'' and the female one as ''beuz''. Direct descendants below "grandchild" are called ''xembato''. | ||