Chosen Kinship

CKN-001 — Chosen and Adoptive Roles [S1226–S1231]

Purpose: Resolve the stale backlog assumption that Tonesu lacks vocabulary for spouse and crew, while testing the still-open gap around non-biological kin roles. The batch uses existing forms for spouse and crew as baselines, then probes whether a parallel ka-be-ne-* family can carry adoptive parent, adopted child, chosen sibling, and bonded-collective readings without collapsing back into biological zo-ne-* kinship.

Primary tests:

confirm that ne-zi-re already covers spouse cleanly
confirm that li-pu already covers ordinary crew/collective reference
test whether ka-be-ne-go can distinguish adoptive parent from biological zo-ne-go
test whether ka-be-ne-du and ka-be-ne-ru extend the same contrast to child and sibling roles
test whether ka-be-ne-li-pu can mark a sworn or chosen collective without replacing ordinary li-pu

Secondary tests:

reject wi-ne and repurposed zo-ne as the wrong semantic center for chosen kin
see whether the new family feels parallel enough to zo-ne-* to be reusable later

Corpus sentences: S1226–S1231

Vocabulary Framework

Form	Reading	Notes
`ne-zi-re`	spouse	existing W131 baseline
`li-pu`	crew / collective	existing baseline
`ka-be-ne-go`	adoptive parent / chosen parent	candidate compound
`ka-be-ne-du`	adopted child / chosen child	candidate compound
`ka-be-ne-ru`	chosen sibling	candidate compound
`ka-be-ne-li-pu`	bonded collective / sworn crew / chosen family group	candidate compound

Source Text

The speaker introduces the people they count as family. First come the already-covered cases: spouse and crew. Then the harder cases: a parent by deliberate bond rather than blood, a child by the same kind of bond, and a sibling chosen rather than biologically given. The final line asks whether a whole collective can be named by the same logic.

Sentence Analyses

S1226 — CKN-001-A: This person is my spouse

lo-ze  ne-zi-re  la-mi

Written: loze nezire lami

Natural reading: This person is my spouse.

Notes: Baseline, not innovation. ne-zi-re already exists and cleanly carries the social-role reading. The backlog line was stale on this point.

S1227 — CKN-001-B: My crew entered the room

la-li-pu-mi  ki  lo-ko-pa

Written: lalipumi ki lokopa

Natural reading: My crew entered the room.

Notes: Ordinary crew reference also does not need a new kin term. li-pu plus the possessive suffix is enough when the point is simply "my group / my crew."

S1228 — CKN-001-C: This person is my adoptive parent, not my biological parent

lo-ze  ka-be-ne-go  la-mi  /  no  zo-ne-go  la-mi

Written: loze kabenego lami / no zonengo lami

Natural reading: This person is my adoptive parent, not my biological parent.

Notes: ka-be-ne-go is the key test. It parallels zo-ne-go while relocating the basis of the role from biological kinship to deliberately created bond. The contrast line matters more than the bare form: without the / no zo-ne-go arm, the distinction is too easy to blur back into ordinary parenthood.

S1229 — CKN-001-D: This person is my adopted child, not my biological child

lo-ze  ka-be-ne-du  la-mi  /  no  zo-ne-du  la-mi

Written: loze kabenedu lami / no zonedu lami

Natural reading: This person is my adopted child, not my biological child.

Notes: The du role behaves as expected under the same replacement logic. If ka-be-ne-go is valid, ka-be-ne-du should be its symmetric counterpart.

S1230 — CKN-001-E: This person is my chosen sibling, not my biological sibling

lo-ze  ka-be-ne-ru  la-mi  /  no  zo-ne-ru  la-mi

Written: loze kabeneru lami / no zoneru lami

Natural reading: This person is my chosen sibling, not my biological sibling.

Notes: ru is the hardest member of the family because siblinghood is lateral rather than directional. The compound still reads cleanly: a unity-role inside a deliberately created bond rather than inside a biological one.

S1231 — CKN-001-F: My crew is a bonded collective

li-pu-mi  ne  ka-be-ne-li-pu

Written: lipumi ne kabenelipu

Natural reading: My crew is a bonded collective.

Notes: This is the collective extension. Ordinary li-pu remains the default term; ka-be-ne-li-pu is only needed when the group is being presented as chosen-family, sworn crew, or deliberately bonded collective rather than as a neutral set of people.

Batch Summary

Result: The backlog item needed correction before it needed expansion.

Confirmed existing coverage:

ne-zi-re already handles spouse
li-pu already handles ordinary crew / collective reference

New registered family:

W250 ka-be-ne-go = adoptive / chosen parent
W251 ka-be-ne-du = adopted / chosen child
W252 ka-be-ne-ru = chosen sibling
W253 ka-be-ne-li-pu = bonded collective / sworn crew / chosen-family group

Why this family works:

it parallels the biological zo-ne-* family instead of competing with it
it uses an already-established relational basis (ka-be-ne, deliberate bond creation) rather than inventing a new primitive or overloading zo-ne
it keeps social/chosen kin distinct from biological kin without requiring sexed or culture-specific lexemes

What this batch rejects:

wi-ne as the main chosen-kin strategy; it overweights will/intention rather than durable relational bond
repurposing zo-ne; that term is already committed to biological kinship

Conclusion: The real gap was not spouse or crew but a reusable non-biological kin family. ka-be-ne-* has now been registered as the formal chosen/adoptive kin family.

CKN-002 — Family Argument / Live Dialogue [S1232–S1237]

Purpose: Reuse the ka-be-ne-* family inside emotionally loaded direct speech rather than in bare definitional statements. The question here is whether the compounds still read cleanly when one speaker challenges the legitimacy of the bond and another insists on it under pressure.

Primary tests:

chosen-sibling vocabulary under explicit denial
adoptive-parent vocabulary in corrective speech rather than exposition
adopted-child vocabulary in direct personal address
bonded-collective language in a vow-like line rather than a dictionary gloss
emotional closure by silence rather than further explanation

Secondary tests:

whether quoted dialogue makes the forms feel more natural or exposes them as too analytic
whether ka-be-ne-* still holds without immediate side-by-side glossing from zo-ne-*

Corpus sentences: S1232–S1237

Source Text

A family argument breaks out in a room after someone dismisses a chosen relation as unreal. The speaker answers directly: chosen sibling, adoptive parent, adopted child, sworn crew. The room does not resolve the argument with theory; it falls into silence after the claim is made.

Sentence Analyses

S1232 — CKN-002-A: "That person is not our biological sibling."

[na-ze:]  "lo-ze  no  zo-ne-ru-yu."

Written: naze: "loze no zoneruyu."

Natural reading: "That person is not our biological sibling."

Notes: The denial is intentionally narrow: not "not family," but specifically not biological kin. That creates the exact pressure point CKN-002 needs.

S1233 — CKN-002-B: "But that person is my chosen sibling."

[na-mi:]  "ke,  lo-ze  ka-be-ne-ru  la-mi."

Written: nami: "ke, loze kabeneru lami."

Natural reading: "But that person is my chosen sibling."

Notes: ke, is doing real work here. The line does not restate the denial; it pivots over it and advances the stronger relational claim.

S1234 — CKN-002-C: "That person is my adoptive parent, not my biological parent."

[na-mi:]  "lo-ze  ka-be-ne-go  la-mi  /  no  zo-ne-go  la-mi."

Written: nami: "loze kabenego lami / no zonengo lami."

Natural reading: "That person is my adoptive parent, not my biological parent."

Notes: This repeats the core contrast, but in live speech instead of analytical framing. It still reads cleanly, which is the important check.

S1235 — CKN-002-D: "You are my adopted child."

[na-mi:]  "lo-yu  ka-be-ne-du  la-mi."

Written: nami: "loyu kabenedu lami."

Natural reading: "You are my adopted child."

Notes: This is the most intimate line in the batch. The form has to survive as direct second-person address rather than as a third-person classificatory statement.

S1236 — CKN-002-E: "My crew is a bonded collective."

[na-mi:]  "li-pu-mi  ne  ka-be-ne-li-pu."

Written: nami: "lipumi ne kabenelipu."

Natural reading: "My crew is a bonded collective."

Notes: Spoken aloud, this line feels more vow-like than descriptive. That is useful: the compound is not merely taxonomic, but available for allegiance language.

S1237 — CKN-002-F: Silence remained in the room

no-so  be  lo-ko-pa

Written: noso be lokopa

Natural reading: Silence remained in the room.

Notes: The batch closes without explanation or concession. If the forms have done their work, silence is the correct emotional landing.

Batch Summary

Result: The ka-be-ne-* family survives first reuse.

What changed from CKN-001:

the forms moved from definitional contrast into direct speech
ka-be-ne-ru held up under explicit denial and corrective reply
ka-be-ne-du worked in second-person intimate address, which is a stronger emotional test than third-person labeling
ka-be-ne-li-pu read as allegiance language rather than mere taxonomy

Current assessment:

ka-be-ne-go, ka-be-ne-du, and ka-be-ne-ru still look reusable rather than one-off explanatory compounds
ka-be-ne-li-pu remains semantically clear, but still feels the most formal and context-dependent of the set
no stronger alternative surfaced in dialogue pressure; the family still beats wi-ne and still should not collapse into zo-ne

Conclusion: CKN-002 provided the reuse pressure that justified registration. ka-be-ne-* is now the formal chosen/adoptive kin family.

Colloquial Register Analysis

Form used	CLQ entry	Colloquial form	Notes
`ne-zi-re`	none	—	3-root compound but semantically foundational social role; no established stub
`ka-be-ne-go`	none	—	4-root candidate compound; survived first reuse in direct speech
`ka-be-ne-du`	none	—	4-root candidate compound; survived intimate second-person address
`ka-be-ne-ru`	none	—	4-root candidate compound; survived denial/correction dialogue
`ka-be-ne-li-pu`	none	—	5-root candidate compound; still the most formal member of the family

Verdict: irreducibly formal.

CLQ entries registered from this batch: none.