Term Explorer

attai

Father's sister. Prescriptive mother-in-law in Dravidian alliance pattern.

taṅkai

Younger sister. Sibling-class term also applies to parallel-paternal younger female cousin.

māmā magaḷ

Mother's brother's daughter (MBD). Cross-cousin, MARRIAGE-ELIGIBLE — the prescriptive Dravidian cross-cousin marriage. Marriage-eligibility is a Layer 3 verdict, not a Layer 2 term property; surfaced here for context.

periyammā

Mother's elder sister — 'big mother'. (Relative-age in sig: alter is older than ego's mother in some readings; here keyed by elder-aunt sig.)

magaḷ

Daughter (direct descent, gen-1, F).

magaṉ

Son (direct descent, gen-1, M).

tāttā

Grandfather (paternal or maternal — same term in Tamil formal usage).

cittappā

Father's younger brother — 'small father'. Junior paternal figure.

aṇṇan

Elder brother. Sibling-class term also applies to parallel-paternal elder male cousin.

māmā

Mother's brother. Prescriptive father-in-law in Dravidian alliance pattern.

pāṭṭi

Grandmother (paternal or maternal — same term in Tamil formal usage).

ammā

Mother (direct, gen+1, F).

maṉaivi

Wife (formal). Spousal affinal link, gen 0.

periyappā

Father's elder brother — 'big father'. Treated as a senior paternal figure.

aṇṇan / tampi

Father's brother's son (FBS). Parallel-paternal cousin = sibling-class. Marriage FORBIDDEN. Surface label tracks relative age: aṇṇan if older, tampi if younger.

māmā magaṉ

Mother's brother's son (MBS). Cross-cousin, MARRIAGE-ELIGIBLE under Dravidian kinship convention (alliance pattern preserves mother-line continuity).

tampi

Younger brother. Sibling-class term also applies to parallel-paternal younger male cousin.

appā

Father (direct, gen+1, M).

akkā

Elder sister. Sibling-class term also applies to parallel-paternal elder female cousin.

akkā / taṅkai

Father's brother's daughter (FBD). Parallel-paternal cousin = sibling-class. Marriage FORBIDDEN. Surface label tracks relative age: akkā if older, taṅkai if younger.