gaguhŋ

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Bandjalang

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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gaguhŋ

  1. elder brother of a male
  2. other male relations

Quotations

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  • 1892, H. Livingstone, A short Grammar and Vocabulary of the Dialect spoken by the Minyuġ People, in John Fraser (ed.) An Australian Language
    A man calls an elder brother . . . kagoġ
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  • ibid
    When there is no specific term for a relationship, the terms for ‘brother’ and ‘sister’ are used; for instance—a great-grandfather is called kagoġ, ‘elder brother,’ and in reply to a male he says bunam, ‘younger brother.’