iduhu

Japanese: iduhu
iduhu

…Therefore, even among organizations that have traditionally been called clans, it is likely that there are more cases in which territorial ties distort the above-mentioned principle of typical clan organization. For example, the Koita people of the southeast coast of New Guinea are divided into patrilineal clans (iduhu) in addition to village communities, and it is often the case that a small clan in a village is incorporated into a powerful clan, or that people who move to a village without their own clan are given the clan membership status of a village with which they have a close relationship. Since only clan members have rights to the cultivated land, newcomers must belong to one of the clans in the village as a prerequisite for cultivating the land and making a living. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "iduhu" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…したがって,従来氏族の名でよばれてきた組織のうちでも,地縁的なつながりが上記の〈典型的〉な氏族構成の原則をゆがめている場合のほうが,むしろ多いのではないかと考えられる。 たとえば,ニューギニア南東海岸のコイタ族は,村落共同体のほかに,さらに父系の氏族iduhuに分かれているが,一つの村で数の少ない氏族が,強大な氏族の中に編入されたり,自分の氏族のいない村に移住したものが,親しい関係にあるその村の氏族員の資格を分けてもらう場合が多い。氏族員のみがその耕地に対する権利をもっているので,新来者はその村のいずれかの氏族に所属することが,土地を耕して生活する前提条件となる。…

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