WARLMANPA SUBSECTIONS

David Nash

Subsections

The Warlmanpa subsection terms are given in the table, arranged by patrimoiety. m=male, f=female
The right-hand pair of columns show the terms recorded by Spencer & Gillen as ‘Walpari’, and their equivalence with the modern Warlmanpa terms (as opposed to modern Warlpiri subsection names) is part of the evidence that Spencer & Gillen’s ‘Walpari’ at Tennant Creek were probably speakers of Warlmanpa.

**Table of subsection names**
code		Warlmanpa¹		‘Walpari’³
AR-B¹	ALC²	m	f	m	f
D1	A	Japaja	Napaja	Chapatcha	Napatcha
A2	A	Jungurra	Namurlpa	Chunguri	Namilpa
A1	B	Japanangka	Napanangka	Chapanunga	Napanunga
D2	B	Japangarti	Napangarti	Chapungarta	Napungarta
C2	C	Jampijinpa	Nampijinpa	Champechinpa	Nambechinpa
B2	C	Jangala	Nangala	Chungalla	Nungalla
C1	D	Jakama	Nakama	Chakuma	Nakuma
B1	D	Jupula	Napula	Chupilla	Napula

¹Codes as introduced by Radcliffe-Brown 1930:39.
²As published by Aboriginal Land Commission 1982:26.
³ Spencer & Gillen 1968 [1899]:90-1 and 1904:100-1.

The Walbiri at Phillip Creek also use another set of subsection terms in connection with young people, terms probably borrowed from the neighbouring Yanmadjari tribe. (Meggitt 1962:165)

A1

Janama
Ngamana

B1

Jurlama
Ngampurla

A2

Jukartayi
Ngapita

B2

Jang(k)ali
Nangkala

D1

Japalyi
Nalyirri

C1

Jakarra
Wajala

D2

Japayardi
Ngampayardi

C2

Jampirlka
Ngampijakurdu

[additional to §10 'Kinship terminology' of the Grammatical Preface to VOCABULARY OF THE WARLMANPA LANGUAGE]

In the Walpari tribe … a man who belongs to the same class as the woman's father-in-law, and is called Kulkuna'
'Thathana, the equivalents of the Ipmunna;
Wankillina or mother's brother's sons;
Papertina and Kukernina, elder and younger brothers;
Kullakulla, the equivalents of the Unawa of the Arunta' (Spencer & Gillen 1968 [1899]:95)

Among the above, jajana 'mother's mother('s brother)', wankilina 'cross cousin', papartina 'elder brother', and kungurnina 'junior sibling' are Warlmanpa kin terms; the first three stems are also Warlpiri but Warlpiri does not add the -na suffix as much.

References

Aboriginal Land Commission. 1982. Kaytej, Warlpiri and Warlmanpa land claim: report by the Aboriginal Land Commissioner, Mr. Justice Toohey, to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and to the Administrator of the Northern Territory. No. 14. Australian Government Publishing Service. [cat. no.8206696]

Meggitt, Mervyn J. 1962. Desert people. A study of the Walbiri Aborigines of central Australia. Sydney: Angus & Roberston. Reprinted 1965, Chicago, London: University of Chicago Press; Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Radcliffe-Brown, A.R. 1930. The social organization of Australian tribes. Oceania 1.1,34–63. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40373034

Spencer, W.B. & F.J. Gillen. 1899. The native tribes of central Australia. London: Macmillan. Republished 1968 New York: Dover Publications. http://www.archive.org/details/nativetribescen01gillgoog

Spencer, W.B. & F.J. Gillen. 1904. The northern tribes of central Australia. London: Macmillan. http://www.archive.org/details/northerntribesc00gillgoog

A1	Janama Ngamana	B1	Jurlama Ngampurla
A2	Jukartayi Ngapita	B2	Jang(k)ali Nangkala
D1	Japalyi Nalyirri	C1	Jakarra Wajala
D2	Japayardi Ngampayardi	C2	Jampirlka Ngampijakurdu