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Until a child is able to walk it is not distinguished by any individual name, and is called by the general term ‘puupuup.’ When it learns to walk, the father gives it a name. If the father is dead, the grandfather confers the name ; and, failing him, the mother or nearest relative does so. The first child of either sex is called after its father, and the second, if a daughter, after its mother. If requested, the father will name his other children after friends, who call them ‘laing,’ meaning ‘namesake,’ and who are ever afterwards kind to them. In return, they address their godfathers by the same term. When children are not thus called after a friend, their names are taken from something in the neighbourhood, such as a swamp, rivulet, waterhole, hill, or animal; or from some peculiarity in the child or in its parents. Girls are sometimes named after flowers.
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Until a child is able to walk it is not distinguished by any individual name, and is called by the general term ‘puupuup.’ When it learns to walk, the father gives it a name. If the father is dead, the grandfather confers the name ; and, failing him, the mother or nearest relative does so. The first child of either sex is called after its father, and the second, if a daughter, after its mother. If requested, the father will name his other children after friends, who call them ‘laing,’ meaning ‘namesake,’ and who are ever afterwards kind to them. In return, they address their godfathers by the same term. When children are not thus called after a friend, their names are taken from something in the neighbourhood, such as a swamp, rivulet, waterhole, hill, or animal; or from some peculiarity in the child or in its parents. Girls are sometimes named after flowers.
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