Words of Call in Sunda kinship

at December 25, 2017

Learning Sundanese - Relationships in the family is more affected by blood relations, both from the mother or the father. So the more offspring the more families will be. 

In terms of calling any course will be different, influenced by the lineage of young and old. Here are some calls in the family:

A. Aang
Aang or someone called ang/aa is a call for an older brother or someone older. Whether it is a blood relationship or not.
Example:
- Son of uwa (old brother of the father / mother)
- Granddaughter of her grandfather's sister / grandmother

B. Teteh/Euceu
Teteh/euceu is a call for older sisters or women. Same with Aang.

C. Mamang
Mamang is a name for the sister of the father / mother or other people.

D. Bibi
Similar to mamang, Bibi is a name for the sister of the father / mother or other people.

E. Uwa
Uwa is the name for the sister of the father / mother or it could be a child of grandpa grandparents kakanya / grandmother.

F. Aki/Nini
Aki/nini is a call to the father of the mother / father or grandfather's grandfather or grandchild's granddaughter for us or an old person and deserve to be called aki / nini (usually already over 70 years old).

H. Uyut
Uyut is a call to father / mother From grandparents.

The call is still in respect and still maintained by the Sundanese, but sometimes there are not using it either because the parents who no longer teach or the person is not willing to use it. So they just call a name. (Cak / 17)

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