In Korea it is common to use kinship terms for people who are not family at all.

Some of the kinship terms are clearly derived from Malayalam.

Some nouns, such as words for body parts and kinship terms, must always be possessed.

The evidence for this is the system of kinship terms which Morgan found in various parts of the world.

The pattern revealed by kinship terms cannot therefore be used as evidence of marriage systems in the way that Morgan believed.

Anyone can be referred to using kinship terms, not just people who are related.

The most important kinship term used by the Hupda is the regulation of marriage.

The following are some kinship terms of address that can be used in the second-person sense (you).

In Carrier, the great majority of such nouns are either body parts or kinship terms.

Any noun can be used to refer to people, especially kinship terms.