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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Moy-ran; Tammin. : Grandfather (Moore 1842: 136)
daaman : An old woman (Chester Curr 1886: 390)
Demman : grandfather (Wainbret, Helms 1896: 326)
Dimma : Granddaughter (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 2)
Demma : Granddaughter (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 2)
Demman : Grandmother (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 2)
dem : granddaughter (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Demma : Grandmother (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 2)
Demma : Grandmother (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 2)
Demman : Grandfather (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 2)
deemer : grandfather (Bussell 1930: 58)
tem : cousin (Douglas 1968: 86)
deman : grandmother or grand-daughter (Bennell 1978)
täim, täin : older and younger generational level of the other moiety for ego, regardless of patri- or matrilinear descent (Von Brandenstein 1988: 97)
dem : cousin (Douglas 1991: 22)
deman : cousin (sister) (Whitehurst 1992: 33)
dhem(an), murran : grandmother; daughter (Dench 1994: 179)