Namau - Kinship

Kin Groups and Descent. Namau reckon descent patrilineally, allocating membership in one or another of several "river clans" (i.e., clans that derive their names and totemic associations from the rivers of the district). These river clans, dispersed among local, exogamous, patrilineal groups, are themselves assigned to exogamous moieties. By 1955, However, the traditional clan and moiety system no longer had any important functions, and Namau society has moved Instead toward a kindred system.

Kinship Terminology. Namau kinship terms are of the Hawaiian type.