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ammodon
ommodon
ammod/ommod
-on
One's aunt, uncle.
Plural: a'ammodon, o'ommodon. This form is hybrid. The suffix -on undergoes a morphophonemic change when the pronoun is suffixed, as it does when inflecting a verb. With first singular pronoun -'u: ammodo'; with second singular pronoun -mu: ammodom, etc.
One's aunt or uncle is a brother, sister or first to fourth cousin, agi, of one's parent. He or she is a blood relative; an aunt or uncle of one's spouse or the spouse of one's aunt or uncle is informally referred to as one's aunt or uncle only for the purpose of demonstrating one's respect for him or her. Term of address: w̱ma `Father'; Īna `Mother'.
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