Overview

The Wind-KinKins affiliationare denotesfive extendedclans familythat group the lines along the whole arc. Each is named for an element. The trade in brackets is the trade of its founding lines; it is kept as tradition and says nothing about a person's work or gift. Only the Shadow clan membership and is partstill oftied formalto naming:a place, the caves.

• kin-Hanga: of the Wind clan (surfacethe dwellers,weather weatherworkers)and the sails)
• kin-Moto: of the Fire clan (thermal specialists,work, day-sidethe workers)first ventures toward the day side)
• kin-Maji: of the Water clan (the first cisterns, the water managers, conservationists)judges)
• kin-Babu: of the Elder lineageclan (knowledgethe keepers,keepers traditionalof families)the first records)
• kin-Kivuli: of the Shadow clan (Deepkin,the night-sidelines cavethat dwellers)went down to the caves; the Deepkin)

Each Wind-Kin has a sign, which marks its houses at the tally, on the doorpost and the cups, on name tablets and seals, and on the body (see the Daybook).

The designation is used in formal introductions, ceremonies, official records and negotiations between settlements. It is omitted in daily speech and in most writing.