The Yanomamo use kin terms where a male ego calls his FaSiDa and his MoBrDa by the term suaboya- this translates to the English term "wife." All individuals in the suaboya category are ego's ideal marriage partners.This case exemplifies which terminological system?
A) Inuit
B) Hawaiian
C) Iroquois
D) none of these

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The Iroquois kinship system is characterized by the use of bifurcate merging, where parallel cousins are equated with siblings and cross-cousins are distinguished, often being considered ideal marriage partners.

The Yanomamo Use Kin Terms Where a Male Ego Calls