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Masculine	Murree	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	brother and sister
Feminine,	Matha
Masculine	Hippi	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	brother and sister
Feminine,	Hippitha
Masculine	Kubbee	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	brother and sister
Feminine,	Kubbootha

The children of Bootha will be

Masculine	Hippi	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	brother and sister
Feminine,	Hippitha

The children of Matha will be

Masculine	Kubbee	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	brother and sister
Feminine,	Kubbootha

The children of Hippatha will be

Masculine	Kumbo	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	brother and sister
Feminine,	Bootha

The children of Kubbootha will be

Masculine	Murree	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	brother and sister
Feminine,	Matha

Thus, you see, they take, if girls, their grandmother's and her sisters' 'class' names in common; if boys, the 'class' name of their grandmother's brothers.

Bootha can	only marry	Murree,
Matha	„	Kumbo,
Hippitha	„	Kubbee,
Kubbootha	„	Hippi.

Both men and women are often addressed by these names when spoken to.

A propos of names, a child is never called at night by the same name as in the daytime, lest the 'devils' hear it and entice him away.

Names are made for the newly born according to circumstances; a girl born under a Dheal tree, for example, was called Dheala. Any incident happening at the time of birth may gain a child a name, such as a particular lizard passing. Two of my black maids were called after lizards in that way: Barahgurree and Bogginbinnia.