Niece
A niece is a female nibling. She is a daughter of one's sibling or half-sibling. The daughter of a sibling-in-law can also be referred to as a niece, even though there is no blood relation. The word niece is derived from the French word nece.[1]
History
Among parents, some cultures have assigned equal status to daughters and nieces in their social status. This is for instance the case in Indian communities in the Mauritius,[2] and the Thai Nakhon Phanom Province, where the transfer of cultural knowledge such as weaving was distributed equally among daughters, nieces and nieces-in-law by the Tai So community,[3] and some Garifuna people that would transmit languages to their nieces.[4] In some proselytizing communities the term niece was informally extended to include non-related younger female community members as a form of endearment.[5] Among some tribes in Manus Province of Papua New Guinea, women's roles as sisters, daughters and nieces may have took precedence over their marital status in social importance.[6]
Variations
- Niece – daughter of one's sister/brother.
- Half-niece – daughter of one's half-brother/half-sister.
- Niece-in-law – daughter of one's sister-in-law/brother-in-law; wife of one's nephew.
- Step-niece – daughter of one's stepbrother/sister, or stepdaughter of one's brother/sister.
- God-niece - daughter of one's godbrother/sister, or goddaughter of one's brother/sister.
- God-niece-in-law - wife of one's god-nephew.
- Half-niece-in-law – wife of one's half-nephew.
- Step-niece-in-law – wife of one's step-nephew.
- Great-niece (also called "grand niece") – daughter of one's nephew/niece, granddaughter of one's sister/brother.
- Great-niece-in-law (also called "grand niece-in-law") – wife of one's great-nephew.
- Step-great-niece – daughter of one's stepnephew/niece, or stepdaughter of one's nephew/niece.
- God-great-niece - daughter of one's godnephew/niece, or goddaughter of one's nephew/niece.
- Step-great-niece-in-law – wife of one's step-great-nephew.
- God-great-niece-in-law - wife of one's god-great-nephew.
- Half-great-niece – daughter of one's half-nephew/niece.
- Half-great-niece-in-law – wife of one's half-great-nephew.
- Cousin-niece or second niece – daughter of one's first cousin (i.e., a first-cousin-once-removed who is female and in the younger generation).
References
- ↑ Sullivan, Robert (1860). A dictionary of derivations; or, An introduction to etymology: on a new plan. p. 145.
- ↑ "Comparative Studies in Society and History - The Religion and Culture of Indian Immigrants in Mauritius and the Effect of Social Change - Cambridge Journals Online". Journals.cambridge.org. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ↑ "Knowledge Management on Local Wisdom of Tai-so Community Weaving Culture in Phone Sawan District, Nakhon Phanom Province" (PDF). Npu.ac.th. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ↑ "Language transmission in a Garifuna community: Challenging current notions about language death". Dialnet.unirioja.es. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ↑ "Divine Domesticities : Christian Paradoxes in Asia and the Pacific". Oapen.org. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ↑ Gustaffson, Berit (1999). Traditions and Modernities in Gender Roles: Transformations in Kinship and Marriage Among the M'Buke from Manus Province. p. 7.
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