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Seminole Kinship Terms

By Alice Snow

mother........

egk-et

father........

el-ke

older sister..

w-wun-wak-huk-ta-lot

younger sister..

e-wun-wak-ma-nit-ta

older brother..

e-te-joe-ka-au-jul-lot

younger brother..

e-te-joc-ka-ma-net-to-sak

mother's sis....

ek-ke-te-joe-ka

mother's bro....

ek-ke-e-je-wak

father's sis....

el-ke-ewun-wak

father's bro....

el-ke-e-d-joe-ka

mother's sisters child..

es-git-e-djo-ka-es-jus-wa

father's sis child

el-git-e-wun-wat-e-jus-wa

mother's bro. child

es-kit-ju-wa-esk-jus-wa

father's bro. child..

el-k-e-d-joc--ka-esk-jus-wa

mother's mother..

esk-ke-en-wa-gee

father mother..

el-ke-en-wa-gee

mother's father..

esk-et-en-d-a-dot

father's father ..

el-ke-en-da-d-ot

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