6. Vocabulary – Semantic class 2

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6.  Vocabulary – Semantic class 2

 

 

1. The words below belong to two different genders. Rearrange them in two columns as per their gender.

 

அப்பா, பாட்டி, அக்கா, தம்பி, மாமா, சித்தி, பெரியப்பா, மகன், பேத்தி, அத்தை, சித்தப்பா, பேரன், மகள், அம்மா, தாத்தா, மனைவி, அண்ணி, தங்கை, அண்ணன், பெரியம்மா, கணவன்

 

2. Arrange the words in (1) into terms referring to people of three generations.

 

3. Arrange the words that you listed (2) under the older generation into those that refer to kin on the maternal side and on the paternal side and those that are common to both sides. If you know kin terms that are specific to the kin line among the common terms, give them.