A clan, i.e., a social group related by a common ancestral head.
Apat di himpangapu hi neg'odanmin himbaluy.
My wife and I are (mutually) joined to four single clans.
A number ending in a vowel beginning with duwa, is either followed by -m pangapu or -y himpangapu; a number ending in a consonant is only followed by -y himpangapu.
For a description of measure phrase see sec. 7.20.2.
In Batad there are over twenty male ancestors, heads of more than twenty clans. These ancestors are as follows: Alanghābon, Aligguy, Ayāngan, Bimmāngon, Binnal'ung, Keleng, Kimpit, Koh'ālon, Kumahleng, Dungngal, Ginanghan, Hengngel, Innāwan, Lug'aw, Nagīhid, Natag'oy, Nayūyuh, Palyu', Tummap, Uddāpon, and Wīgan. There are nine or ten generations from these ancestors to those living during the last two decades of the twentieth century. Responsibility for keeping track of clan groups to which an individual is connected rests with ritualists, mumbā'i. Reckoning is through both male and female ancestors. Any given person is identified as belonging to four or five clans. This is determined by reckoning ascending generations only to the extent sufficient to establish these connections. The importance of keeping track of clan relationships is: 1) To establish eligibility for marriage within a clan. Marriage is traditionally permitted provided the relationship is not closer than fourth cousin, pepat di hin'agi, or fifth cousin, paleman di hin'agi. 2) To provide a basis for forming a group for a headhunting raid, ngāyaw. A group of from five to ten men were traditionally formed from a single clan. 3) To act as a defense group against enemies within or outside the village. 4) To guide ritualists in calling and appealing to ancestral spirits, lennāwa 2, during times of sickness, adversity, or generally to bless the family.
hiɴ-, Derivatives with hiɴ-,
Counting Clans
| himpangapu |
‘one clan’ |
| duwam pangapu or duway himpangapu |
‘two clans’ |
| tulum pangapu or tuluy himpangapu |
‘three clans’ |
| apat di himpangapu |
‘four clans’ |