Unlike for example in English, Batak has a complex relationship terminology (also called "kinship term" or "kin classification"). Dr. Kathryn Brineman Bovill presented Batak Toba's relationship terminology in his paper titled "Toba Batak relationship terminology" (1985. Toba Batak Relationship Terminology. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land-en Volkenkunde, Deel 141, 1ste Afl., ANTHROPOLOGICA XXVII, pp. 36-66. KITLV, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Netherland). We are going to use this as base.
The following table shows Toba Batak relationship terminology described in the above paper (see as Google Docs):
The "Genealogical Specifications" are kin-types defined below, both primary and secondary (see "Computer Methods for Analyzing Genealogical Space"):
Primary kin-types
M: a female alter connected to ego through a direct ascending vertical link (i.e., a Mother)
F: a male alter connected to ego through a direct ascending vertical link (i.e., a Father)
Z: a female alter connected to ego through a direct sibling link (i.e., a Sister)
B: a male alter connected to ego through a direct sibling link (i.e., a Brother)
D: a female alter connected to ego through a direct descending vertical link (i.e., a Daughter)
S: a male alter connected to ego through a direct descending vertical link (i.e., a Son)
W: a female alter connected to a male ego through a direct link of affinity (i.e., a Wife)
H: a male alter connected to a female ego through a direct link of affinity (i.e., a Husband)
Secondary kin-types
Secondary kin-types are units connected to ego through double primary links and only through double links. Thus BB is not a secondary type since a unit connected to ego in this way is also connected to ego as a primary type. MS (Half-brother) is, however, a secondary type since by definition there is no direct link between ego and this unit.
The following table shows Toba Batak relationship terminology described in the above paper (see as Google Docs):
The "Genealogical Specifications" are kin-types defined below, both primary and secondary (see "Computer Methods for Analyzing Genealogical Space"):
Primary kin-types
M: a female alter connected to ego through a direct ascending vertical link (i.e., a Mother)
F: a male alter connected to ego through a direct ascending vertical link (i.e., a Father)
Z: a female alter connected to ego through a direct sibling link (i.e., a Sister)
B: a male alter connected to ego through a direct sibling link (i.e., a Brother)
D: a female alter connected to ego through a direct descending vertical link (i.e., a Daughter)
S: a male alter connected to ego through a direct descending vertical link (i.e., a Son)
W: a female alter connected to a male ego through a direct link of affinity (i.e., a Wife)
H: a male alter connected to a female ego through a direct link of affinity (i.e., a Husband)
Secondary kin-types
Secondary kin-types are units connected to ego through double primary links and only through double links. Thus BB is not a secondary type since a unit connected to ego in this way is also connected to ego as a primary type. MS (Half-brother) is, however, a secondary type since by definition there is no direct link between ego and this unit.
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